Maurits Chabot is a Dutch author and journalist. He began his career in journalism at the age of twelve, writing for a newspaper as a sports reporter. Since then, he has studied at universities in Antwerp, Prague, Amsterdam, Paris, Leiden and Oxford. He has made documentaries for Channel 1 in The Netherlands, as well as writing for de Volkskrant for a number of years. In 2022, he published Over de Kloof in The Netherlands to great acclaim, followed by Then We See the Same Stars in 2026, a book about his experiences on the front lines in Ukraine. The Divide (orig. Over de Kloof) will be his first book translated into English, and is set to publish globally in Autumn 2026.
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How far is the gulf between you and your enemy? Too wide to cross? Too far to bridge? Or too deep to heal? All over the world, there are divides: victims and perpetrators; cops and robbers; neo-Nazis and queer communities; Hutus and Tutsis. Whether it ... SEE MORE