Gaston Dorren

{{short description|Dutch writer}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|year=1965|month=May|day=31}}

| birth_place = Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands

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| occupation = Language expert, writer, journalist

| nationality = Dutch

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| genre = Non-fiction

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| website = {{URL|https://languagewriter.com/}}

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| notableworks = {{Plainlist|

• Lingo (2014)
• Babel (2018)

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Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker.{{url|https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/609014.Gaston_Dorren}} Dorren is a polyglot who is able to speak six different languages and read nine more.{{url|https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/what-do-they-know-of-english-who-only-english-know-on-gaston-dorrens-lingo-around-europe-in-sixty-languages-and-babel-around-the-world-in-twenty-languages/}} Dorren has achieved a modicum of international success, with Lingo being published in 12 different languages {{url|https://languagewriter.com/lingo/editions/}} and Babel in 15.{{url|https://languagewriter.com/editions/}} He also developed an app called The Language Lovers Guide to Europe,{{url|https://groveatlantic.com/book/babel/}} but it is no longer available.

Dorren wrote his most recent work, Babel, entirely in both English and Dutch himself.{{url|https://languagewriter.com/about/}} The book was awarded the Dutch Language Book Prize 2019 by the language magazine Onze Taal and the Belgian-Dutch cultural association ANV.{{url|https://onzetaal.nl/nieuws-en-dossiers/weblog/babel-van-gaston-dorren-krijgt-onze-taal-anv-taalboekenprijs}} His works have received positive reviews from publications such as Kirkus Reviews,{{url|https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gaston-dorren/lingo-around-europe/}}{{url|https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gaston-dorren/babel-dorren/}} The Guardian,{{url|https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/28/lingo-a-language-spotters-guide-to-europe-by-gaston-dorren-review-learned-and-pleasantly-ironic}}{{url|https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/02/babel-around-world-20-languages-gaston-dorren-review}} The Wall Street Journal,{{url|https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-babel-1449263945}} and BBC{{url|https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20151127-ten-books-to-read-in-december}}