Tim Krabbé

Tim Krabbé (born April 13, 1943) is a Dutch journalist and novelist.

Krabbé was born in Amsterdam. His writing has appeared in most major periodicals in the Netherlands. He is known to Dutch readers for his novel De Renner (The Rider), first published in 1978. English readers know him primarily for The Vanishing, the translation of his 1984 novel Het Gouden Ei (The Golden Egg), which was made into an acclaimed 1988 Dutch film (Krabbé wrote the script). An American remake was made in 1993, The Vanishing.

Also a former championship chess player, Krabbé is renowned for his writings on the subject and maintains a chess website. Krabbé once authored a chess puzzle which featured a rook castling vertically (see joke chess problem), before this move was specifically disallowed.

He is the brother of actor Jeroen Krabbé, but a rift has separated the two, and they now have little to do with each other. Tim's nephew, Martijn Krabbé, is also a Dutch media personality.

External links

• Tim Krabbé's website (Dutch)
• Chess Curiosities, the part of his website devoted to chess
• Krabbé's random word Article on the random word that is invented in The Rider: Battoowoo Greekgreek