Bart Chabot

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Bart Chabot
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Bart Chabot (2010)
Born
Bartholomeus Antonius Wilhelmus Chabot

(1954-09-26) 26 September 1954 (age 66)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
OccupationPoet and writer
Notable work
Broodje Gezond (1996)

Bart Chabot (The Hague, 26 September 1954) is a Dutch writer and poet.

Biography[]

Chabot went to the University of Leiden to study Dutch language and literature.[1] During that period, he befriended the artists and drug users Jules Deelder[2] and Herman Brood.[3] Chabot's parents thoroughly disapproved.[4][5] Soon after, Chabot decided to abandon his studies.[1] In 1979, he made his debut as a poet with Als u zó gaat beginnen followed by Popcorn in 1981.[6] Chabot did not want to cater to the world of literary critics, and attempted to write poetry everybody could understand with references to McDonalds, supermarkets, and rock-and-roll.[6] Of his 1993 poetry collection Genadebrood, a reviewer in World Literature Today noted Chabot's cynical philosophy and commented on the depressing nature of many of the poems.[7]

In 1996, Chabot wrote his first biography called Broodje gezond (Healthy sandwich) about Herman Brood. The book became a bestseller selling 50,000 copies by 2003, and received sequels as Broodje halfom (2001),[6] Brood en spelen (2002) en Broodje springlevend (2003).[8] In 2007, Chabot received the Johnny van Doorn Prize for literature.[1] The biography even received critical acclaim from Arjan Peters of de Volkskrant for showing the degeneration of the elderly rock and roll singer while keeping a good sense of humour. The critic did show his prejudice for having to write about a common subject.[9]

In 2014, Chabot composed the Grand Dictation of the Dutch Language which was an annual spelling contest organised by De Morgen, de Volkskrant and NTR.[10] Chabot was a prominent participant in the previous editions of the spelling contest, and wanted to make it more accessible to normal people using familiar words.[11] In 2020, Chabot published Mijn vaders hand, about his youth.[12][13] Hebban expected a gloomy book, but Chabot's cynical irony managed to make them laugh once in a while. Hebban did question the commercial motivation of a television personality writing about his youth.[14] Carel Peeters of Vrij Nederland observed that Chabot is always somewhere else, and that triggered him to go beyond acceptable and normal patterns.[15]

Chabot is also a columnist for Oor and Playboy,[16] and a television personality making frequent appearances on Pauw & Witteman and Barend & Van Dorp.[17]

In 1989, Chabot embarked on a theatre tour with Remco Campert and Jan Mulder.[1] In 1999 he decided to go on the road again this time with Jules Deelder and Herman Brood.[16]

In autumn 2006, Chabot participated in the television program De Slimste Mens, which aimed to find the smartest person in a group of celebrities. Chabot won.[18]

Family[]

Bart Chabot married Yolanda in 1987.[5] The couple has four sons whom he taught to write. "Writing starts with empathy, you don't put yourself in the centre, but the world around you," according to Bart.[19] The writing muse got passed on, and Sebastiaan and Splinter are columnists in their own right.[19] Splinter had even gone beyond that, and has, after graduating from the University of Amsterdam, become a television presenter for NPO 3.[20]

Works[]

Title Publisher Year Isbn
Als u zó gaat beginnen Meulenhoff[21] 1979 ISBN 9070247097[22]
Popcorn De Bezige Bij 1981 ISBN 9023445694[23]
Captain America De Bezige Bij 1982 ISBN 9023445805[24]
!Stand De Bezige Bij 1985 ISBN 9023446208[25]
Babylon Hotel De Bezige Bij 1988 ISBN 9023430905[26]
Duingheest : novellen De Bezige Bij 1990 ISBN 9023431677[27]
Genadebrood De Bezige Bij 1993 ISBN 902344714X[28]
De kootjesblues Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2000 ISBN 9038813996[29]
Broodje gezond Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2001 ISBN 9038814070[30]
Broodje halfom Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2001 ISBN 9038814046[31]
Brood en spelen Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2002 ISBN 9038814089[32]
Broodje springlevend Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2003 ISBN 9038814135[33]
Zand erover Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2003 ISBN 903881416X[34]
Greatest Hits #1 De Bezige Bij 2004 ISBN 9789023454922[35]
Elvistranen Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2004 ISBN 9038814194[36]
Fort Knox Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2005 ISBN 9038814364[37]
Broodje halfom Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2006 ISBN 9038814402[38]
McPain Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2007 ISBN 9789038814506[39]
Anna's hoeve Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2007 ISBN 9789038890029[40]
Cadillac boogie Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2007 ISBN 9789038890012[41]
Dracula's ontbijt Nijgh & Van Ditmar 2007 ISBN 9789038890036[42]
De Bril van Chabot De Bezige Bij 2008 ISBN 9789023437093[43]
Scheveningse wolken De Bezige Bij 2009 ISBN 9789023455103[44]
Greatest Hits #2 De Bezige Bij 2009 ISBN 9789023441335[45]
Schiphol blues De Bezige Bij 2009 ISBN 9789023438472[46]
De Patatbalie De Bezige Bij 2010 ISBN 9789023463214[47]
Up on the Hilton roof De Bezige Bij 2011 ISBN 9789023459026[48]
Diepere lagen De Bezige Bij 2011 ISBN 9789023465621[49]
Triggerhappy De Bezige Bij 2013 ISBN 9789023473589[50]
Zestig De Bezige Bij 2014 ISBN 9789023487944[51]
Easy Street De Bezige Bij 2016 ISBN 9789023498414[52]
Bananenrepubliek De Bezige Bij 2016 ISBN 9789023494812[53]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Bart Chabot". Studium Generale University of Utrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Een leven lang drugs: hoe Deelder nog steeds leeft (translation:A life of drug use: how did Deelder manage to keep alive". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ Blok, Gemma (2017). "'We the Avant-Garde'. A History from Below of Dutch Heroin Use in the 1970s". BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review. 132: 104. doi:10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10312.
  4. ^ "Ouders Bart Chabot keurden zijn vriendschap met Jules Deelder af". nu.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Scheulderman, Antoinnette (2020-01-31). "Mijn jeugd werd een slagveld. Ik dwarrelde in stukjes en stukken uit elkaar". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I)". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. ^ Bakker, Martinus Arnoud. "Genadebrood by Bart Chabot". World Literature Today. 68 (Spring 1994): 379. doi:10.2307/40150244. JSTOR 40150244.
  8. ^ "De Herman Brood-Biografie Van Bart Chabot". Zoek een boek (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Met dank aan Bart Chabot" (PDF). de Volkskrant via Boekman (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  10. ^ "De volledige tekst van het groot dictee door Bart Chabot". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  11. ^ Genootschap Onze Taal. "Onze Taal. Jaargang 83". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. ^ Schouten, Rob (2020-02-22). "De waarheid over de afschuwelijke ouders van Bart Chabot moést eruit komen". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  13. ^ "Boek: Mijn vaders hand - De Wereld Draait Door - BNNVARA". De Wereld Draait Door (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  14. ^ "Omhoog kijken en vertrouwen op de nachthemel". Hebban (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Literaire kroniek: Bart Chabot bevindt zich altijd in zijn eigen wereld". Vrij Nederlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bart Chabot". Gedichten (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Bart Chabot over tumor in Pauw & Witteman". Media Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Arjen Lubach is De Slimste Mens (2012)". nu.nl. 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Interview met Bart, Sebastiaan én Splinter Chabot: Schrijven begint met empathie". Den Haag Centraal (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Wie is tafelheer Splinter Chabot". BNN-VARA (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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