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Marion Bloem (born 24 August 1952 in Arnhem, the Netherlands) is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (mixed Dutch and Indonesian) descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book ''Geen gewoon Indisch meisje'' (''No Ordinary Indo Girl'') and director of the 2008 feature film ''Ver van familie'' (''Far from Family''). Bloem is a second generation Indo immigrant born into a family of four children. Her parents, Alexander and Jacqueline Bloem, repatriated from Indonesia in 1950. Her father is a survivor of the Junyo Maru disaster. Bloem, herself a psychologist, is married to Dutch author and physician Ivan Wolffers. She has one son named Kaja and four grandchildren.〔Loriaux, Stéphanie, ‘‘Het laat haar niet los’, Marion Bloems zoektocht naar de Indische identiteit’ In: Ons Erfdeel. (Year 43, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem / Raamsdonkveer 2000) P.671-672〕 In addition to her career as an author and film director, Bloem is a painter who exhibits around Europe.〔(Official website )〕 ==Books== Bloem's first short story was published in 1968, when she was only 16 years old. Bloem made her ''bona fide'' debut as a writer in 1976, with the book ''De overgang'' (''The Transition''). She continued to write several more books, including the children’s book ''Matabia'' in 1981, which received the 'Smelik Prize' from the ‘International Board on Books for Young People’. In 1983 she published her literary acclaimed breakthrough novel ''Geen gewoon meisje'', which describes the duality and paradox of an Indo (Eurasian) girl, followed in 1989 by the novel ''Vaders van betekenis'', loosely translated to ''Noteworthy Fathers'', which describes the relationship of an Indo girl towards her Indo parents and Indo father in particular. She continues to write successful books, often around the topics of (Indo) identity and immigration. In 2009 she wrote ''Vervlochten grenzen'' (''Intertwined Borders'') about the triangular relationship between the Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands and Indonesia. For this book she received an 'E. du Perron Prize' nomination. From the time that her husband was confronted with prostate cancer, she developed an interest in this subject and did research amongst couples who had to deal with this disease. The result ended up in the book ''Als je man verandert'' (''If Your Man Changes'') which she wrote together with the urologist P.Kil, published in 2010. Her latest novel is ''Meer dan mannelijk'' (''More than Male'') which is a natural consequence of this particular interest. Her writing style is influenced by the Indo oral storytelling tradition and the pasar Malay language.〔Loriaux, Stéphanie, ‘‘Het laat haar niet los’, Marion Bloems zoektocht naar de Indische identiteit’ In: Ons Erfdeel. (Year 43, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem / Raamsdonkveer 2000) P.675〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marion Bloem」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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