Born in 1942 in Utrecht, Charlotte Mutsaers was the daughter of art historian Barend Mutsaers. She studied Dutch Language and Literature and later worked as a Dutch language teacher. In the evenings, she pursued a degree in visual arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, where she eventually became a painting instructor after graduating.
In 1983, she made her debut with “The Circus of the Mind,” a collection of modern emblems. This marked the start of a diverse body of work, consisting of poetry, essays, visual stories, and novels. In 2010, she received the P.C. Hooft Prize for her narrative prose. The jury described her work as “a delight for readers who want to let their minds wander” and praised her oeuvre for “the coherence in work that seems so capricious at first glance.”
www.ftn-books.com has some special publications by Mutsaers now available.
