Anne van Amstel


Anne van Amstel is a Dutch writer.
She was born in Hoogeveen and was educated at the Menso Alting College there, going on to study English literature and clinical psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Van Amstel works part-time as a psychologist.
In 2004, she published her first poetry collection Het oog van de storm. In 2007, van Amstel was awarded first place for the VU-Podium Poëzieprijs. She has appeared at the festival in Rotterdam, the Park & Poëzie festival in Middelburg, the Vurige Tongen festival in Ruigoord and the festival in Groningen. In 2015, she received a scholarship awarded by the magazine for the poetry category.