26 December 2007, de Winter announced a stop to his political writings on blogs and magazines and that he was considering a one-year sabbatical with his family to California. One year turned into three years and he moved back to the Netherlands and he started writing for Dutch and German newspapers again. However, he continued publishing opinion articles in newspapers in the Netherlands, such as on the racism trial against Geert Wilders, criticisms of Barack Obama, the European Union, the Euro currency and financial aid for members of the Euro area. Since early 2020 de Winter supports Black Lives Matter Personal life De Winter is married to Jessica Durlacher, who is also a writer. They have two children, Moos and Moon (Solomonica), and are currently living in Bloemendaal and Los Angeles. His cousin is . Film directing He directed three films, De Verwording van Herman Dürer, De grens, between 1979 and 1993. The film De grens was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Film adaptations Zoeken naar Eileen, directed by Rudolf van den Berg (1987, based on the novel Zoeken naar Eileen W.) The Hollywood Sign, directed by Sönke Wortmann (2001, based on the novel De hemel van Hollywood) SuperTex, directed by Jan Schütte (2003, based on the novel SuperTex) Awards and honors 2002 Welt-Literaturpreis References External links Der Spiegel interview with de Winter on the occasion of the publication of his novel The Right of Return 1954 births Living people Dutch columnists Dutch film producers Dutch republicans Jewish Dutch writers People from 's-Hertogenbosch