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Michaël Henricus Gertrudis (Michiel) van Kempen (born April 4, 1957) is a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic. He has written novels, short stories, essays, travel literature and scenarios. He was the compiler of a huge range of anthologies of Dutch-Caribbean literature (Suriname, Netherlands Antilles) and wrote an extensive history of the literature of Suriname, in two volumes. ==Biography== Van Kempen was born in Oirschot. After attending high school in Eindhoven, he studied Dutch at the University of Nijmegen; on June 5 2002 he got his Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with the five volumed ''Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur'' (A History of Surinamese Literature), published in two volumes in 2003. In 1400 pages it tells the history of oral and written literatures of Suriname. For some years Van Kempen was teaching Dutch in Nijmegen (1980-1982) and Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam (1983-1987). In Suriname he also worked as a teacher in literary criticism and creative writing at the Academie voor Hoger Kunst- en Cultuuronderwijs, as well as coordinator of the Literature Section of the Ministry of Education and Culture. From 1991 through 1995 he was coordinating the Suriname-project of the University Library of Amsterdam (resulting in the ''Suriname-catalogue'', containing some 8000 entries) and from 1994 thru 1998 as a scientific researcher at the University of Amsterdam. As a lecturer and visiting professor he taught at universities around the world. As an advisor he worked for festivals, publishing houses and research fundings. From September 1 2006 Van Kempen is a professor by special nomination in Dutch West-Indian literature at the University of Amsterdam. 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「Michiel van Kempen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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