Peter Verhelst
Peter Verhelst | |
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 Peter Verhelst in 2017 (Photo by Filip Naudts) | |
| Born | 28 January 1962 Bruges, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | dramatist, novelist, poet |
Peter Verhelst (born 28 January 1962) is a Belgian Flemish novelist, poet and dramatist. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for . His latest novel is a political thriller, Zwerm.
Life[]
Peter Verhelst was born in Bruges, Belgium. In his youth, he was extremely interested in books, reading atlases and encyclopaediae, as well as novels, and writing poetry from the age of 16.
While a teacher in Dutch, English and History, he debuted in 1987 with the poem "Obsidiaan", with his first novel - "Vloeibaar harnas" - following in 1993. Thereafter, he worked as a teacher at the Institute for Food in Bruges, quitting in 1999 to begin writing full-time. In 2000, he won the prestigious Gouden Uil (Golden Owl) and Young Gold Owl (Jonge Gouden Uil), a literary prize for Belgian literature in the Dutch language. He also started working as a playwright, with his first play completed in 1997.
In 2016 he won the Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs.
Verhelst currently lives and works in Bruges, Belgium.
Important works[]
Poetry[]
- Obsidiaan (1987)
- OTTO (1998)
- Angel (1990)
- Witte Bloemen (1991)
- Master (1992)
- De Boom N (1994)
- Verhemelte (1996)
- Verrukkingen (1997)
- Alaska (2003)
- Nieuwe sterrenbeelden (2008)
- Zoo van het denken (2011)
- 2050 (2021)
Prose[]
- Vloeibaar harnas (1993)
- Het spieren alfabet (1995)
- De kleurenvanger (1996)
- (1999)
- Zwellend fruit (2000)
- Memoires van een Luipaard (2001)
- Mondschilderingen (2002)
- Zwerm (2005)
- Huis van de Aanrakingen (2010)
- De allerlaatste caracara ter wereld (2012)
- Geschiedenis van een berg (2013)
- De kunst van het crashen (2015)
- De zeer vermoeide man en de vrouw die hartstochtelijk van bonsai hield (2016)
- Voor het vergeten (2018)
Theater[]
- Maria Salomé (1997)
- Romeo en Julia (studie van een verdrinkend lichaam) (1998)
- Red Rubber Balls (1999)
- S*ckmyp (2000)
- AARS! (2000)
- Scratching the inner fields (2001)
- Philocrates (2002)
- Het sprookjesbordeel (2002)
- Blush' (2002)
- Sonic Boom (2002)
- Icarus/Man-o-War (2002) CREW Eric Joris
- Philoctetes Fortify My Arms (2003) CREW Eric Joris
- Crash (2004) CREW Eric Joris
- Terra Nova (2011) CREW Eric Joris
- Absence (October 2015) CREW Eric Joris and NTGent
See also[]
- Flemish literature
- CREW Eric Joris
Sources[]
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