Maria van Daalen explained

Maria van Daalen (born 8 July 1950) is a Dutch poet and writer. Maria van Daalen is a pseudonym of Maria Machelina de Rooij.

She was born in Voorburg and studied at the VU University Amsterdam^[1] and at the University of Iowa, where she also took part in the International Writing Program.^[2] She has taught at the Schrijversvakschool in Amsterdam.

She is also an expert on the subject of Vodou and, in 2007, was initiated as a Mambo Asogwe in Haiti. She was an advisor for an exhibit of Vodou art objects at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.^[3]

Van Daalen published her first poetry collection Raveslag (The Beat of the Raven’s Wing) in 1987; it was shortlisted for the C. Buddingh' Prize. Translations of her poems have appeared in various publications in English, Romanian, Finnish, German, Italian, French, Persian and Frisian.^[3]

Selected works^[3]

• Het Hotel (The Hotel), poetry (1994)
• Elektron, muon, tau (Electron, Muon, Tau), poetry (2000)
• De zwarte engel (The Black Angel), prose (2005)
• De wet van behoud van energie (The Law of Conservation of Energy), poetry (2007)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daalen, Maria van . Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren.
2. Web site: Maria van Daalen . University of Iowa.
3. Web site: Maria van Daalen . Poetry International Rotterdam.