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Tais Teng (born 1952 in The Hague) is the pen name of a Dutch writer of fantasy fiction, hardboiled detective, children's books and science fiction. He also works as an illustrator, sculptor and writing coach. His real name is Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen. The length of his name proved cumbersome, as he tells in an interview with , leaving little room for a title and a picture on the cover of his novels, so he shortened it to Tais Teng. Other pen names he used are Eban Hourst and Ben Bergen, which reflect his search for a pen name that was pronounceable in languages other than Dutch. To date, Tais Teng has written more than a hundred novels both for adults and children in the Dutch language. He has won the Paul Harland Prize four times. His books have been translated in German, Finnish, French and English. Tais Teng is a bilingual writer and writes in both Dutch and English. He likes to work together with other writers and has co authored short stories and novels with Paul Harland, Eddy C. Bertin, , , and . (en) Tais Teng, pseudoniem van Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen ('s-Gravenhage, 14 april 1952), is een Nederlands schrijver/kunstenaar, die bij het grote publiek vooral bekend is vanwege zijn activiteiten voor het Griezelgenootschap. (nl) Тайс Тенг (справжнє ім'я — Тейс ван Еббенхорст Тенгберген; 1952, Гаага) — нідерландський письменник-фантаст, автор більш ніж сотні книжок для дітей і дорослих нідерландською мовою, ілюстратор і скульптор. Чотириразовий лауреат Премії Гарленда. Його книжки перекладені німецькою, англійською, французькою та фінською. (uk) |
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Tais Teng, pseudoniem van Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen ('s-Gravenhage, 14 april 1952), is een Nederlands schrijver/kunstenaar, die bij het grote publiek vooral bekend is vanwege zijn activiteiten voor het Griezelgenootschap. (nl) Тайс Тенг (справжнє ім'я — Тейс ван Еббенхорст Тенгберген; 1952, Гаага) — нідерландський письменник-фантаст, автор більш ніж сотні книжок для дітей і дорослих нідерландською мовою, ілюстратор і скульптор. Чотириразовий лауреат Премії Гарленда. Його книжки перекладені німецькою, англійською, французькою та фінською. (uk) Tais Teng (born 1952 in The Hague) is the pen name of a Dutch writer of fantasy fiction, hardboiled detective, children's books and science fiction. He also works as an illustrator, sculptor and writing coach. His real name is Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen. The length of his name proved cumbersome, as he tells in an interview with , leaving little room for a title and a picture on the cover of his novels, so he shortened it to Tais Teng. Other pen names he used are Eban Hourst and Ben Bergen, which reflect his search for a pen name that was pronounceable in languages other than Dutch. (en) |
