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She then wrote many novels and essays in which philosophy, literature and personal experience come together. Themes such as truth and fiction, body and mind, love, loss and identity play an important role in her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For her novel You said it, about Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, she received the Libris Literature Prize. Her entire oeuvre was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bookshop Binnert Overdiep is present with a book table. 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