Dido Michielsen
(Amersfoort) is a journalist and writer. She wrote family oriented non-fiction books such as Dochters van ver: belevenissen van een adoptiemoeder (Daughters from afar: experiences of an adoptive mother); Uit elkaar, een leven na de scheiding (A Life after Separation), and the biography Moscow Times. The Russian adventure of Derk Sauer and Ellen Verbeek. Together with Auke Kok she wrote Lisa & Lin, vijf weken terug in China (Lisa & Lin, Back in China for Five Weeks, 2009) about the visit to the Chinese children's homes of their daughters. In 2019 she made her debut as a novelist with Lichter dan ik (Lighter than me), inspired by the life of her Javanese great-great-grandmother who managed to escape from the class society.
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VPRO OVT Live
With: Anneloes Timmerije, Clarice Gargard, Dido Michielsen, Ellen Deckwitz, Jos Palm, Liesbeth Zegveld, Nelleke Noordervliet, Paul van der Gaag, Reggie Baay, Robin Block, Stefan Hertmans
Every Sunday morning, the topicality of history is the focus of one of the most popular radio programs in the Netherlands. On Sunday morning, 19 January 2020, OVT will be broadcast live from Writers Unlimited festival in Theater aan het Spui. You can listen to and watch discussions, interviews and stories by festival authors and others. Hosts: Paul van der Gaag and Jos Palm. Program in Dutch.
