Dimitri Verhulst
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| Born | 1972 (age 39–40) Aalst, Belgium |
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| Occupation | poet, writer |
Dimitri Verhulst (Aalst, 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He lives and works in Huccorgne.
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[edit] Biography
Dimitri Verhulst comes from a broken home and spent his childhood in foster homes and institutes. As a writer, he made his debut in 1999 with a collection of stories, De kamer hiernaast (E: The Room Next Door) about his youth. The novels Niets, niemand en redelijk stil (E: Nothing, Nobody, and Reasonably Quiet) published in 2000 and De verveling van de keeper (E: The Boredom of the Goalkeeper) of 2002 also cover the same topic. In 2001, Dimitri Verhulst published Liefde, tenzij anders vermeld (E: Love, Unless Otherwise Stated), a collection of poetry.
His breakthrough to the general public came in 2003, with Problemski Hotel in which he wrote about residents of an asylum-seekers’ centre in Arendonk (Belgium). In 2006 he published the novel De helaasheid der dingen' (E: The Misfortunates) and the novella Mevrouw Verona daalt de heuvel af (E: Mrs Verona Comes Down from the Hill). In 2008 a new book: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol (E: Goddamm days on a goddamm globe) was published.
[edit] Bibliography
- Assevrijdag, 1994
- De kamer hiernaast, 1999
- Niets, niemand en redelijk stil, 2001
- Liefde, tenzij anders vermeld, 2001
- De verveling van de keeper, 2002
- Problemski Hotel, 2003
- Dinsdagland, 2004
- Yerma vraagt een toefeling, 2005, translation of Yerma by Federico García Lorca
- Boekendiefstal is een zegen voor de middenstand, 2005
- De helaasheid der dingen, 2006 - there is a 2009 film version [1].
- Mevrouw Verona daalt de heuvel af, 2006
- Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol, 2008
- De laatste liefde van mijn moeder, 2010
[edit] Awards
- 2007 Publieksprijs Gouden Uil for De helaasheid der dingen
- 2009 Libris Literatuurprijs for Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol
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