About the Author

Eric Dickens (born 1953) is a literary translator who takes an interest in the literature some of the smaller countries of Europe. These include that of the Estonians, the Finland-Swedes, the speakers of Nynorsk in Norway, and the Flemings. For him Flemish literature is more experimental, avant garde, groundbreaking than that of the Netherlands; he attributes this to its minority status. Eric is from an Anglo-Dutch family. He is also the translator of the texts for The Dedalus Book of Estonian Literature. Paul Vincent taught Dutch at London University for many years, and since 1989 has been a freelance translator from Dutch and German. In fiction he has translated numerous modern classics from the Low Countries, including work by Couperus, Elsschot, Mulisch, Boon and Van den Brink. In addition he specialises in non-fiction, had has translated a wide range of poetry from the seventeenth century on. In 2007 he co-edited an anthology of twentieth-century stories, In Praise of Navigation . He is a member of the Society of Dutch Literature.