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Marcel Möring was born in 1957 in Enschede, an industrial town near the Dutch-German border, where he attended a Montessori primary school. In the late sixties his family moved north, to Assen, a small town moderately famous for its annual TT motor races. He finished secondary school and studied Dutch literature for two years, then went from one odd job to another. Since he had already decided to become a writer at the age of thirteen, he saw no point in further education. He wrote several plays in those years, producing and directing two of them, and moved to Rotterdam, the second biggest city in the Netherlands. Möring published his first novel, Mendels Erfenis, in 1990, to almost unanimous critical acclaim. His second novel, Het Grote Verlangen (The Great Longing,published in the UK by Flamingo, in the USA by HarperCollins, and in more than ten other countries) won the AKO Prize, the Dutch equivalent of the Booker Prize. Over 150,000 copies of The Great Longing have been sold in the Netherlands alone. Möring's third book was a novella: Bederf is de weg van alle vlees (Decay is the Way of All Flesh). Then came a 500 page novel: In Babylon. This book won two Golden Owls, a Flemish award for the best Dutch/ Flemish book of 1998. In Babylon was a major success in both the Netherlands (over 100.000 copies sold) and Germany and was published in the UK (Flamingo), France (Flammarion), the USA (William Morrow) and a great number of other countries. His latest novel, DIS, was published in 2006 and quickly became the subject of a critical debate about contemperary literature. In 2007 DIS was awarded the Bordewijk Prize for the best Dutch novel of 2006.
DIS was published in Germany (2009) as Der Nächtige Ort, in Great Britain (2009) and the US spring 2010) as In A Dark Wood. A Hebrew translation (Schocken) is currently in the works.
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Translations
Bederf is de weg van alle vlees) (Bederf is de weg van alle vlees). München: Luchterhand,
Benjamin (Benjamin). s.l.: n.n.NL, 1996
In a dark wood (Dis). London: Fourth Estate, 2009
In a dark wood (Dis), New York: HarperCollins, 2010
Der nächtige Ort (Dis) , 2009
Stora längtan (Het grote verlangen). Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, 1994
Das große Verlangen (Het grote verlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1994
The great longing (Het grote verlangen). New York: HarperCollins, 1995
The great longing (Het grote verlangen). : , 1995
Den store længsel (Het grote verlangen). København: Munksgaard / Rosinante, 1995
Den store lengselen (Het grote verlangen). Oslo: Tiden, 1995
Den store længsel (Het grote verlangen). København: Munksgaard / Rosinante, 1996
Le grand désir (Het grote verlangen). Paris: Flammarion, 1997
Marea dorinta (Het grote verlangen). Bucuresti: Univers, 2002
[Ha-kmiha ha-gdola] (Het grote verlangen). Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1998
[Ushinawareta rakuen wo motomete] (Het grote verlangen). Tokyo: Sony Magazine, 1997
Büyük özlem (Het grote verlangen). Istanbul: Can Yayinlari, 1999
Das große Verlangen (Het grote verlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1998
[(Het grote verlangen)] (Het grote verlangen). Dhaka: Book Club, 2006
In Babylon (In Babylon). : , 2000
In Babylon (In Babylon). Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 2000
In Babylon (In Babylon). : , 2000
En Babilonia (In Babylon). Madrid: Alianza, 2003
In Babylon (In Babylon). : , 2001
[(In Babylon)] (In Babylon). Dhaka: Sandesh, 2005
I Babylon (In Babylon). København: Rosinante, 1999
In Babylon (In Babylon). München: Luchterhand, 1998
In Babylon (In Babylon). : , 1999
La fabuleuse histoire des Hollander (In Babylon). Paris: Flammarion, 2001
[Bavel] (In Babylon). Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 2000
I Babylon (In Babylon). Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, 1998
Mendel (Mendels erfenis). München: Luchterhand, 2003
Mendel (Mendels erfenis). München: BTB, 2004
Modellfliegen (Modelvliegen). München: Luchterhand, 2001
The dream room (Modelvliegen). : , 2002
Murepülés (Modelvliegen). Budapest: Noran, 2005
Modellfliegen (Modelvliegen). München: Bertelsmann Taschenbuch, 2003
The dream room (Modelvliegen). : , 2002
La chambre d'amis (Modelvliegen). Montréal; Quebec: Les Allusifs, 2003
The dream room (Modelvliegen). : , 2002
[(Modelvliegen)] (Modelvliegen). Dhaka: Sandesh, 2006
East Bergholt (Een keuze uit het werk). s.l.: n.n.NL, 2000
East Bergholt (Een keuze uit het werk). s.l.: n.n.NL, 1994
East Bergholt (Een keuze uit het werk). Rotterdam: Story International, 1993
Der nächtige Ort (Een keuze uit het werk). : , 2009
Eine Frau (Een vrouw). : , 2009
