Maxim Februari


Maxim Februari, pseudonym of Maximiliaan Drenth, is a Dutch writer, philosopher and columnist.

Life and work

Februari studied law, philosophy and history of art at Utrecht University. His first novel, for which he received the Multatuli Prize, was published in 1989. Februari's next novel The Book Club was published in 2007. He wrote columns for two leading Dutch newspapers, de Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad.
Februari published a highly original dissertation at Tilburg University in 2000. This book was a combination of a scientific book and a novel, both on economics and on ethics –and published under two names: M. Februari & Marjolijn Drenth.
In 2008 Februari received the Frans Kellendonk Prize, a Dutch literary award.
Februari gave the 2011 Mosse Lecture, titled Wat is seks eigenlijk?.

Gender transitioning

Newspaper NRC-Handelsblad announced in September 2012 that their columnist Marjolijn Februari would from then on publish under the name Maxim Februari, because of his gender transitioning. Februari published The Making of a Man. Notes on Transsexuality in 2013.

Publications in English