Anna Enquist (born 1945) is one of the most popular writers in the Netherlands. She trained in piano at the academy of music in The Hague and at the same time studied psychology in Leiden. When she made her debut as a poet in 1991 with the collection Soldatenliederen (Soldiers’ Songs), for which she was awarded the C. Buddingh Prize, she was working as a psychoanalyst. Since then she has devoted much of her time to writing. One of her novels, Het meesterstuk (The Masterpiece, 1995) has recently been translated into Chinese (Shanghai Literature and Arts Publishing House). In 2005 she published the major historical novel De thuiskomst (The Homecoming), which focuses on James Cook’s wife Elizabeth Batts. For the French translation of this novel, she received the Prix du Livre Corderie Royale-Hermione. ‘Enquist understands emotion’ is how one critic has described the appeal of her work.

安娜·恩可薇丝特（Anna Enquist）生于1945年，是当今荷兰最受欢迎的作家之一。她曾在海牙音乐学院学习钢琴，并同时在莱顿修读心理学课程。当她1991年首度发表自己的诗作“Soldatenliederen”（“士兵之歌”）时她还是个心理医生。她凭借此部作品获得了C. Buddingh 奖，至此开始了自己的诗歌生涯。安娜的其中一部小说作品《Het meesterstuk》 (《杰作》，1995)由上海文学与艺术出版社子啊近期完成了翻译工作。2005年，她发表了自己最主要的一部历史小说《De thuiskomst》（《回家》），故事主要围绕James Cook 的妻子Elizabeth Batts展开。这部小说的法译本获得了法国Livre Corderie Royale-Hermione文学大奖。一位文学批评家对于安娜作品的魅力给予了这样的解释：她是懂得情绪的人。