MARIAN EIKELHOF

Marian Eikelhof was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in the year 1963. She is a poet who works in her daily life as a psychologist. Her work inspires her to write about the emotional aspects of life. Not only she describes in several languages about feelings of love, intimacy and desire, but also she reflects about states of profound sadness and feelings of emptiness. On the whole she criticizes dehumanisation and an ongoing process of alienation in human relationships.

Marian’s poetry book “ a zero hour contract with life” has been translated from Dutch into English and Turkish. There is also a Spanish version from her book, titled: Un contrato de zero horas con la vida. For children who are being bullied, she has written the book “Lekker Boeiend!” (“I am not impressed!”) and together with her sister Els Eikelhof she has written the manual “Feel Okay about Yourself” for teachers guiding children with a disability. Her poems have been published by several prestigious magazines, like AZAHAR from Spain and appear in a number of anthologies.

Marian started the Foundation Literary International in which the aim is to facilitate intercultural exchange between countries by introducing each other to each other’s different artistic expressions.