{{Short description|Dutch writer, philosopher and columnist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} <!-- Do not use the "prod blp/dated" template directly; the above line is generated by "subst:prod blp|reason" --> {{Infobox writer | name = Maxim Februari | image = Maxim Februari - WikiconNL 2025 (006).jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Februari in 2025 | pseudonym = ''M. Februari'', ''Marjolijn Februari'' and ''M. Drenth von Februar'' | birth_name = Marjolijn Drenth<ref>G.J. van Bork, [http://dbnl.org/tekst/bork001schr01_01/bork001schr01_01_0328.php Februari, M.], ''Schrijvers en dichters'' (in Dutch), 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2016.</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|02|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Coevorden]], [[Netherlands]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Philosopher, writer | language = | nationality = Dutch | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[Tilburg University]] (PhD) | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = [http://www.maximfebruari.nl/ Personal website] | portaldisp = | ethnicity = | influences = | influenced = }}
'''Maxim Februari''', pseudonym of '''Maximiliaan (Max) Drenth''' (born 23 February 1963), is a Dutch writer, philosopher and columnist.
== Life and work == Februari studied law, philosophy and history of art at [[Utrecht University]].<ref>[http://www.hetliteratuurhuis.nl/literair-utrecht/utrechtse-canon/auteurs/603/ Het Literatuurhuis, 2014]</ref> His first novel (''De zonen van het uitzicht''), for which he received the ''Multatuli Prize'', was published in 1989. Februari's next novel ''The Book Club'' (Dutch: ''De literaire kring'') was published in 2007. He wrote [[columnist|columns]] for two leading Dutch newspapers, ''[[de Volkskrant]]'' and ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npodoc.nl/documentaires/series/profiel/2011/marjolijn-februari--de-zichtbare-denker.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125173059/http://www.npodoc.nl/documentaires/series/profiel/2011/marjolijn-februari--de-zichtbare-denker.html|url-status=dead|title=Profile of M. Februari at Dutch public TV (NPODoc, 2011)|archivedate=25 November 2015|accessdate=5 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/09/17/maxim-februari-over-zijn-coming-out-al-heel-jong-wist-ik-dat-ik-een-jongen-was-a1441650|title=Maxim Februari over zijn coming out: al heel jong wist ik dat ik een jongen was|website=NRC|date=17 September 2012 |accessdate=5 December 2022}}</ref> Februari published a highly original [[thesis|dissertation]] at [[Tilburg University]] in 2000. This book (''Een pruik van paardenhaar & Over het lezen van een boek, Amartya Sen en de Onmogelijkheid van de Paretiaanse liberaal'') 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects/?ActLbl=pagina&ActItmIdt=758214|title=Radboud Reflects (Radboud University, 2008)|accessdate=5 December 2022}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2008 Februari received the ''Frans Kellendonk Prize'', a Dutch literary award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://maatschappijdernederlandseletterkunde.nl/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215053708/http://maatschappijdernederlandseletterkunde.nl/prijs.php|url-status=dead|title=Home|archivedate=15 February 2016|website=maatschappijdernederlandseletterkunde|accessdate=5 December 2022}}</ref> Februari gave the 2011 [[Mosse Lecture]], titled ''Wat is seks eigenlijk?'' (''What exactly is sex?'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.folia.nl/wetenschap/2213/marjolijn-februari-ik-weet-niets-van-homos-of-van-seks|title=Marjolijn Februari: 'Ik weet niets van homo's – of van seks'|last=van Toor|first=Bob|date=22 September 2011|work=Folia|access-date=6 February 2019|language=Dutch|trans-title=Marjolijn Februari: 'I know nothing about gays - or about sex'}}</ref>
== 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 (transgender)|transitioning]]. Februari published ''The Making of a Man. Notes on Transsexuality'' (Dutch: ''De maakbare man. Notities over transseksualiteit'') in 2013.<ref name="auto"/>
== Publications in English == * Maxim Februari: ''The Making of a Man. Notes on Transsexuality''. (Transl. by Andy Brown). London, Reaktion Books, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-78023-473-1}} * Marjolijn Februari: ''The Book Club''. (Transl. by Paul Vincent). London, Quercus, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-85738-132-3}} * ''Globalisation and Human Dignity. Sources and Challenges in Catholic Social Thought''. An essay by Marjolijn Drenth von Februar, with contrib. by Wim van de Donk [and others]. Budel, Damon, 2004. {{ISBN|90-5573-577-9}} == References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commonscat-inline}} * {{Official|http://www.maximfebruari.nl/ }} * [http://dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=febr001 Februari @dbnl] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZaumiKed9k/ A brief summary (in Dutch) of a three-hour interview by the dutch program 'Zomergasten':]
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