Henk van der Waal
Henk van der Waal | |
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| Born | 3 January 1960 Hilversum |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Dutch |
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Henk van der Waal (born 1960) is a Dutch poet.
Early life[]
Van der Waal studied philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.[1]
Career[]
Van der Waal has worked as a journalist, a translator and as a teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.[1]
In 1996, he won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for his debut poetry collection De windsels van de sfinx (1995).[1][2] His second poetry collection Schuldsanering (2000) was nominated for the . He was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs in 2004 for his poetry collection De aantochtster (2003).
In 2012, he won the Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs for his poetry collection Zelf worden.[3] The collection was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs.
Van der Waal and wrote the book De kunst van het dichten, a collection of essays and conversations with other poets, including Nachoem Wijnberg, Anneke Brassinga and Anne Vegter. Van der Waal also published Liefdesgeschiedenissen in 1991, a Dutch translation of the work Histoires d'amour (1983) by Bulgarian-French philosopher Julia Kristeva. He has also translated works of Maurice Blanchot, Paul Auster and Hans Faverey.
Awards[]
- 1996: C. Buddingh'-prijs, De windsels van de sfinx
- 2012: Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs, Zelf worden
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Henk van der Waal". Poetry International Web. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Budding(h)' Poets viert 30 jaar C.Buddingh'-prijs" (in Dutch). Poëzieclub. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Pardijs, Tim (17 March 2012). "Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs voor Van der Waal: 'Unieke combinatie in de Nederlandse poëzie'" (in Dutch). Hanta. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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