Eriek Verpale
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Eriek Verpale, in 1989.
Eric Verpaele (Zelzate, 2 February 1952 – Ertvelde, 10 August 2015) pseudonym Eriek Verpale was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an editor of the magazine Koebel, several literary magazines and the Belgisch-Israëlitisch Weekblad (E: Belgian-Israeli Weekly).[1]
He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in Polder- en andere gedichten (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of jiddisch Polish-Jewish ancestry, and the chasidic and Eastern European literature play an important role in his work.
Bibliography[]
- De rabbi en andere verhalen (1975)
- Polder- en andere gedichten (1975)
- Voor een simpel ogenblik maar ... (1976)
- Een meisje uit Odessa (1979)
- Op de trappen van Algiers (1980)
- Alles in het klein (1990)
- Onder vier ogen (1992)
- Olivetti 82 (1993)
- Nachten van Beiroet (1994)
- De patatten zijn geschild (1995)
- Grasland (1996)
- Gitta (1997)
- Katse nachten (2000)
See also[]
BERNARD, a feature film made of the monologue Olivetti 82 can be freely watched at www.BernardFilm.com
Sources[]
- ^ "Schrijver Eriek Verpale is overleden". deredactie.be.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- 2015 deaths
- Belgian people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Flemish poets
- 20th-century Belgian poets
- Belgian writer stubs