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Yael van der Wouden
Novelist

Yael van der Wouden

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Writing The Safekeep, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction.

On (Not) Reading Anne Frank · The Safekeep

Born
1987
Birthplace
Israel

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Yael van der Wouden

Yael van der Wouden is a Dutch writer whose debut novel combines an intimate relationship with a reckoning over wartime dispossession.

Early life

Two countries

Moved from Israel to the Netherlands at ten.

Education

Studied comparative literature at Utrecht and Binghamton.

Career

  1. 2017

    Personal essay

    Published On (Not) Reading Anne Frank.

  2. 2024

    Novel debut

    Published The Safekeep.

  3. 2025

    Women’s Prize

    Won the fiction award for her debut.

Selected work

On (Not) Reading Anne Frank

An essay on identity and literary memory.

The Safekeep

A novel set in the postwar Netherlands, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Beyond work

Teaching

Has taught creative writing, storytelling and literature.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

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