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Representation
Michaël Roumen Literary Management
www.michaelroumen.com
michael@michaelroumen.com
Foreign Right/Rights Manager
Uitgeverij Prometheus
Herengracht 48
1015 BN Amsterdam
Work
Maxim Februari is a Dutch novelist, columnist and legal philosopher.
He is an inescapable voice in the social debate.
Since his 1989 literary debut - with the novel De zonen van het uitzicht, awarded with the Multatuli Prize - he published several acclaimed novels and collections of essays.
In 2020 his work was awarded with the prestigious P. C. Hooft Prize.
He is a member of the Academy of Arts.
World
Maxim Februari writes regularly about data-driven government.
He was involved in the SyRI case (digital rights NGO´s vs the Netherlands), in which the Hague District Court considered the legality of the Dutch System Risk Indication (SyRI).
The court held that the system, used to predict the likelihood of a citizen committing benefit or tax fraud, violates article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
text © 1989-2022 Maxim Februari
