Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker. Dorren is a polyglot who is able to speak six different languages and read nine more. Dorren has achieved a modicum of international success, with Lingo being published in 12 different languages and Babel in 15. He also developed an app called The Language Lovers Guide to Europe, but it is no longer available.
Dorren wrote his most recent work, Babel, entirely in both English and Dutch himself. The book was awarded the Dutch Language Book Prize 2019 by the language magazine Onze Taal and the Belgian-Dutch cultural association ANV. His works have received positive reviews from publications such as Kirkus Reviews, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC
Bibliography
This bibliography only covers the books that have been written by Dorren, not the abundance of articles for various blogs, websites and magazines throughout Europe.
Dutch publicationEnglish publication Title Year Title Year The Game of the Rose 1995 Nieuwe tongen 1999 Taaltoerisme 2012 LingoBriefly reviewed in the February 22, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, p.77. 2014 Vakantie in eigen taal 2016 Lingua 2017 Babel 2019 Babel 2018 De Dutchionary 2020 Zeven talen in zeven dagen 2022
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External links Language Writer