Author

Eva Meijer

Artist, writer, poet, short-story writer, philosopher, musician, songwriter and academic. Meijer's first novel, Het schuwste dier (The Shyest Animal), appeared in 2011, her second, Dagpauwoog (Peacock Butterfly), in 2013, and her third, Het vogelhuis (The Bird House), in 2016. In 2018 she received the Halewijnprijs for her body of work. Meijer's research concerns the languages, political voices and ways of thinking of animals; the work that most widened her international recognition is Animal Languages (KAPLUMBaA Kitap, 2019). The Limits of My Language has been translated into many languages, Turkish among them.