Jaap Scholten

JAAP SCHOLTEN (Enschede, 1963) studied Industrial Design at the Technical University in Delft, Graphic Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy of Arts in Rotterdam (BA), and Social Anthropology at the Central European University in Budapest (MA). He has published seven books: collections of short stories and three novels. His latest novel, De wet van Spengler (Atlas Contact, 2008), was chosen “novel of the year” in the Netherlands. His latest book, Kameraad Baron (AtlasContact, 2010) is the winner of the Libris History Prize 2011. His novels and short stories are translated into German, French, Hungarian, Croatian and his last book Kameraad Baron into English. In 2011 Scholten created and presented a six- part television series for the VPRO about hidden worlds in Central and Eastern Europe. He lives in Budapest since 2003.

A WORKERS’ PARADISE WITHOUT WORKERS – EXCERPT TWO FROM COMRADE BARON

Bucharest, March 2010 On 2 March 1949 a law was adopted under which all estates of fifty hectares or more and all model farms were nationalised. The deportation of the nobility and wealthy farmers in the early morning of 3 March 1949 was no small operation for the Romanian Communist

2013.09.06.

COMRADE BARON – A JOURNEY THROUGH THE VANISHING WORLD OF THE TRANSYLVANIAN ARISTOCRACY

Following the resounding success of the Dutch original, Jaap Scholten’n Comrade Baron has been published in English, too. We are re-printing here a passage selected by the author from the new release by Corvina Press of Budapest. The archival photos are not taken from the Corvina edition. AFTER HIS DEATH,

2013.07.07.

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