Marijn Backer


Marijn Backer is a Dutch columnist, teacher, poet and writer. He writes a biweekly column about education, which appears in the NRC Handelsblad. Backer works at the Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap as head of team 7. There, Backer is also a teacher in Greek and Latin. Backer is author of the teaching method Fortuna for Latin. Backer has had an influence on the development of Latin education.

Nominations and annual prize for author of best children’s book (prices)