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Angelo
Tijssens

Angelo Tijssens studied theatre at the Antwerp Conservatorium. He was director Lukas Dhont’s co-writer on award-winning feature films Girl and Close. De randen (The Edges) is his debut novel. It has been translated into Spanish, French and German, won the jury prize at the Prix Roman Gay in France and was shortlisted for the Bronzen Uil in the Netherlands. He lives in Antwerp.

Angelo Tijssens studied theatre at the Antwerp Conservatorium. He was director Lukas Dhont’s co-writer on award-winning feature films Girl and Close. De randen (The Edges) is his debut novel. It has been translated into Spanish, French and German, won the jury prize at the Prix Roman Gay in France and was shortlisted for the Bronzen Uil in the Netherlands. He lives in Antwerp.

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