Auke Hulst
| Auke Hulst | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Auke Anthony Hulst |
| Born | 1975 |
| Origin | Hoogezand-Sappemeer, The Netherlands |
| Genres | Singer-songwriter, Pop, Rock, Jazz |
| Occupations | Novelist, Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Keyboards, Programming |
| Labels | SBP, Silvox, Meulenhoff |
| Website | official website |
Auke Anthony Hulst (May 20, 1975, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen Province), is a Dutch novelist, journalist and musician.
[edit] Biography
Auke Hulst was raised in the hamlet of Denemarken (meaning: Denmark), in the north of the Netherlands. After a disorganized upbringing he studied Audiovisual Arts, Dutch literature and English at the University of Groningen. He did not finish any of these studies.
From 1998 on Hulst has been working for a number of prominent Dutch and Belgian newspapers and magazines, like Vrij Nederland, Esquire, Knack Focus, NRC Handelsblad, De Groene Amsterdammer, and De Standaard. In 2006 he made his literary debut with the novel Jij en ik en alles daartussenin (translation: You and me and everything in between.) In 2007 he produced, together with cartoonist Raoul Deleo, a hybrid between literary non-fiction and graphic novel, called De eenzame snelweg (translation: The lonely highway). It's the impressionistic story of a cross-country trip the authors made, commemorating fifty years of On The Road by Jack Kerouac. The book was nominated for a stripschap-penning and the Prix Saint-Michel.
In May 2009 Hulst publishes Wolfskleren (translation: Wolf's Clothes), a novel that coincides with a rock-album by Hulst's Sponsored by Prozac-project. The album was co-produced by Caspar Falke of Silvox. Hulst also is one of the main drivers behind the Dutch-language band De Meisjes.
Together with Wim Melis, curator of the Noorderlicht photo festival in Groningen, Hulst has created the photobook The Pursuit of Happiness (2009). As editor and essayist he co-created the Noorderlicht publication Warzone (2010), which was about the war experiences of soldiers on international missions. He has contributed to Moralitijd (2007), a book of essays on morality in the information age, Groeten van Rottummerplaat (2008), on the best rock albums of all time, and Toubab!, a collection of stories from Dutch and Flemish writers on Africa.
