maxim februari

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Representation

Michaël Roumen Literary Management
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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 inevitable 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.