That's why Iris Hannema is the best travel writer in the Netherlands: 'Anyone who has not made a good fool of himself on a trip has not really been somewhere.'

by Harri Theirlynck
20 April 201829 March 2022
11 min read
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‘Iris Hannema schrijft als een vent’, schreef ik een paar jaar geleden in een recensie over haar Het bitterzoete paradijs (2016). Daar zou je nu niet mee wegkomen. Ik bedoelde eigenlijk te zeggen: Iris Hannema schrijft stevige, beeldrijke, onafhankelijke én kritische teksten die je zelden bij vrouwelijke én mannelijke reisjournalisten tegenkomt. Waarom dat zo is, vertel ik straks.
'Opsodemieteren'
Typische Hannema-zinnen zijn: ‘Zo monnik, en nou opsodemieteren met je zogenaamde stofdoekje.’ (Ove...

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Harri Theirlynck

Freelance (travel) journalist. Graduated cum laude in Dutch language and literature from Radboud University Nijmegen. Worked as a teacher, cabaret artist and science journalist. Then successively became editor-in-chief of (ANWB) Kampioen, NU De Tijd van je Leven and REIZEN Magazine (ANWB Media). Since 2013, freelancer for Pikas Media, REIZEN Magazine (ANWB), Kampioen, TravMagazine, Djoser, de Telegraaf, Blendle and Arts & Auto, among others. Teacher of (travel) journalism at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Provides training courses in creative & business writing and travel journalism.View Author posts

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