Simone Atangana Bekono

{{short description|Dutch writer}}

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Simone Atangana Bekono (born 1991) is a Dutch author. Her debut novel Confrontations was published in 2020 and translated to English in 2024.{{cite web |last1=Verduin |first1=Lodewijk |title=Hitting Back. ‘Confrontations’ by Simone Atangana Bekono |url=https://www.the-low-countries.com/article/hitting-back/ |website=The Low Countries |date=13 February 2024}}

Atangana Bekono studied creative writing at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem. In 2017, she published a poetry collection Hoe de eerste vonken waren zichtbaar (How the First Sparks Became Visible) for which in 2018 she received the Poetry Debut Award Aan Zee.{{cite web |title=Simone Atangana Bekono |url=https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poets/poet/102-30023_Atangana-Bekono |website=Poetry International Web}}

She writes columns for the national newspaper, NRC, and for the Zomer Magazine of another national newspaper, de Volkskrant.{{cite web |title=Simone Atangana Bekono |url=https://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/organisatie/faculteiten/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/fgw-in-de-stad/honorary-fellows/simone-atangana-bekono/simone-atangana-bekono.html?cb |publisher=University of Amsterdam |language=nl}}

On 1 November 2022 Atangana Bekono was appointed honorary fellow at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.