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Jan van Steenbergen

1970 - Today

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Johannes Hendrik "Jan" van Steenbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [joːˈɦɑnəs ˈɦɛndrɪk ˈjɑɱ vɑn ˈsteːmbɛrɣə(n)]; born June 3, 1970) is a Dutch translator and interpreter. He is known for being the author of several constructed languages, notably Interslavic and Wenedyk. He was born in Hoorn, where he spent most of his childhood. In 1988 he became a student at the Amsterdam University, where he graduated in East European Studies with major topics in Slavistics and musicology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Jan van Steenbergen is the 6,794th most popular writer (up from 6,834th in 2024), the 1,126th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,154th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Jan van Steenbergen ranks 6,794 out of 7,302. Before him are Leonard Maltin, Jónína Leósdóttir, Naomi Novik, Pat Cadigan, Padraic Colum, and David Frawley. After him are Jasper Fforde, Dan Barker, Sita Ram Goel, Julie Otsuka, Walter Mosley, and Raquel Sánchez-Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Jan van Steenbergen ranks 595. Before him are José Francisco Molina, Carlos Moedas, Olimpiada Ivanova, Satoru Yoshida, Scott Cooper, and Oleg Artemyev. After him are John Simm, Ināra Mūrniece, Garth Ennis, Massimo Taibi, Michael Arndt, and Niša Saveljić.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan van Steenbergen ranks 1,126 out of 1,646. Before him are Bram Moolenaar (1961), Alette Pos (1962), Headhunterz (1985), Joshua Zirkzee (2001), Ben Wijnstekers (1955), and Tim Krul (1988). After him are Mario Melchiot (1976), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (1998), Alexander Pechtold (1965), Jelle Nijdam (1963), Sven Kramer (1986), and Gökhan Saki (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan van Steenbergen ranks 61. Before him are Gerrit Achterberg (1905), Guus Kuijer (1942), Meindert DeJong (1906), Gerbrand Bakker (1962), Renate Dorrestein (1954), and Michel Faber (1960). After him are Arnon Grunberg (1971), Rutger Bregman (1988), Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (1991), and Femke Dekker (1979).

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