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René van Slooten
René van Slooten

René van Slooten is a leading ‘Poe researcher’, who theorizes that Poe’s final treatise, ‘Eureka’, a response to the philosophical and religious questions of his time, was a forerunner to Einstein’s theory of relativity. He was born in 1944 in The Netherlands. He studied chemical engineering and science history and worked in the food industry in Europe, Africa and Asia.The past years he works in the production of bio-fuels from organic waste materials, especially in developing countries. His interest in Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Eureka’ started in 1982, when he found an antiquarian edition and read the scientific and philosophical ideas that were unheard of in 1848. He became a member of the international ‘Edgar Allan Poe Studies Association’ and his first article about ‘Eureka’ appeared in 1986 in a major Dutch magazine. Since then he published numerous articles, essays and letters on Poe and ‘Eureka’ in Dutch magazines and newspapers, but also in the international magazines ‘Nature’, ‘NewScientist’ and TIME. He published the first Dutch ‘Eureka’ translation (2003) and presented two papers on ‘Eureka’ at the international Poe conferences in Baltimore (2002) and Philadelphia (2010). His main interest in ‘Eureka’ is its history and acceptance in Europe and its influence on philosophy and science during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author: René van Slooten

Essays Literature 

Europe Under Attack: Neglected lessons from the Netherlands

April 13, 2016 René van Slooten

On Christmas Eve (Peace on Earth) of the year 2002 I published an article in the Amsterdam newspaper ‘Het Parool’,

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Essays Literature 

Edgar Allan Poe and King Ludwig II portrait

January 4, 2016January 5, 2016 René van Slooten

In 1882 the American journalist and writer Lew Vanderpoole requested an audience of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886), because

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Commentary News 

Saint Nicholas is coming: Welcome Black Pete!

October 22, 2015October 23, 2015 René van Slooten

December 5 is approaching fast, which means that small children in Holland and Flanders (the Dutch speaking part of Belgium)

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Essays Literature 

Vincent van Gogh and the ‘Roderick Usher’ Syndrome

September 20, 2015November 14, 2015 René van Slooten

In a recent article it was argued that Edgar Allan Poe and his wife Virginia suffered from chronic poisoning by

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Essays Literature 

Edgar Allan Poe’s vehement year in New York: Was he poisoned?

August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 René van Slooten

During his life Edgar Allan Poe lived twice in New York City. The second time, from April 1844 till May

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Essays Literature 

Edgar Allan Poe and his mysterious writings    

June 16, 2015June 26, 2015 René van Slooten

Editor’s Note: This essay first appeared on MysteriousWritings.com. It is published with permission. The American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe

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National News 

Salt on your table can be a life saver

June 14, 2015 René van Slooten

Human blood and body tissue contain 9 grams of salt per liter. This salt plays an essential role in many

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Essays Literature 

Overweight and desperate? Check out your grandmother’s life

May 13, 2015 René van Slooten

During the harsh winter of 1944-1945 a large part of the German-occupied Netherlands suffered from severe shortages of food and

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Essays Literature 

To the Dreamers I offer this Book of Truths: Edgar Allan Poe’s  lifelong quest for a livable world  

April 2, 2015May 10, 2015 René van Slooten

Was Edgar Allan Poe an alien? Many of his contemporaries seemed to think so, and so do quite a few

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National News 

The “Margraten” Experience: Why the Dutch adopt graves and names of American WWII soldiers

December 20, 2014December 21, 2014 René van Slooten

Dutch and Belgian veterans saluting the grave of a fallen American comrade (Capt. Donald R. Emerson, a fighter pilot from

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