MARENTE DE MOOR worked as a correspondent in Saint Petersburg for a number of years and wrote a book based on her experiences, Petersburgse Vertellingen (‘Petersburg Stories’), which was published ...view moreMARENTE DE MOOR worked as a correspondent in Saint Petersburg for a number of years and wrote a book based on her experiences, Petersburgse Vertellingen (‘Petersburg Stories’), which was published in 1999. For The Dutch Maiden, she was awarded the prestigious AKO Literature Prize along with the European Union Prize for Literature. The novel has been translated into ten languages.view less