Vincent BijloVincent Bijlo is a Dutch stand-up comedian, columnist, musician and author. Many appearances on TV, radio and in the theatre have made him a household name in the Netherlands. He studied Dutch language and literature at the University of Utrecht, andin 1988 he won the public's prize and the best personality prize at the Cabaret Festival in Leiden. This was the start of Bijlo's successful career as a stand-up comedian. He wrote many theatre shows, from Made in Braille in 1989 to his current tour of Het nieuwe nu (The New Present). In 2016/17, he appears together with The Rosettis, his wife Mariska Reijmerink is one of its members, in Op Woeste Hoogte (Wuthering Heights), a musical theatre production about the Brontë family. Vincent is a well- known radio presenter and columnist for one of the Dutch national newspapers. Dutch publishing house De Arbeiderspers published his four novels: Het instituut in 1998, Achttienhoog in 2001, De woordvoerder in 2003 and De Ottomaanse herder in 2009. Vincent Bijlo was born blind. Read More Read Less