Michel Krielaars

Michel Krielaars is a writer and journalist who currently edits the Literature section of the NRC newspaper. He studied history and Russian at the University of Amsterdam and was a correspondent in Russia between 2007 and 2012. Krielaars has written novels, short-story collections and several books about Russia, including Through Chekov’s Glasses and Travels through Russia, which won the Bob den Uyl Prize. The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin was translated into English by Jonathan Reeder and published by Pushkin Press in January 2025. Michel lives in Amsterdam.

Michel Krielaars’ attendance at West Cork Literary Festival is supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature/Nederlands Letterenfonds as part of their New Dutch Writing programme