Patrick Conrad
Patrick Conrad (born 16 July 1945 in Antwerp) is a Flemish poet, screenwriter and novelist, and one of the founders of The Pink Poets. He also directed about twenty movies for cinema and television, including – selected for the Cannes Festival – Mascara with Charlotte Rampling and Michael Sarazin. He is also working as a painter and had two retrospective exhibitions of his work: in 1975 (Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp) and 2005 (Museum Elzenveld, Antwerp). He lives in Provence, in the south of France.
Bibliography
- Cezar and Jezabel (poems) (1963)
- Ik lig in de dalai-lama (poems) (1964)
- Rose mon chameau (poems) (1965)
- Een pop van Patrick Conrad met Pola Negri in de rol van Eleonora (poems) (1966)
- Mercantile marine engineering (poems) (1967)
- 11 Sad Songs for Edward Kienholz (poems) (1971)
- De kleine dood van Kasper Q. (novel) (1971)
- Allegria! Allegria! (short stories) (1972)
- Continental Hotel of De duisternis der dingen loert (poems) (1975)
- Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (poems) (1975)
- Requiem (poems) (1975)
- Hugues C. Pernath (essay) (1976)
- La mort s'appelle bonsoir (poems) (1977)
- Roxy's Roxane (illustrated script) (1981)
- De vernieling (poems) (1985)
- De tranen van Mary Pickford (poems) (1991)
- Ba! (novel) (1993)
- Limousine (Thriller) (1994)
- Bloemlezing uit de poëzie van Patrick Conrad (book about Conrad by Daan Carstens with a choice of poems) (1995)
- Louisiana (thriller) (1996)
- Annalen (poems) (1998)
- Luwte (thriller) (1998)
- Op de Franse duinen (thriller) (1998)
- Good morning, Hoboken (thriller) (1999)
- Cargo (thriller) (2000)
- Slachtvee (novelization of his movie) (1980)
- De Aap van God (thriller) (2001)
- Starr (thriller) (2006)
- Leven en werk van Marcel Van Acker (Illustrated novel) (2009)
- Getande raadsels (essay about Hugo Claus) (2009)
- Perdida's Droom (Roman Noir) (2010)
- "De Geur van de Maan" (roman noir) (2012)
- "Tango Assasino" (roman noir) (2013)
- "De onvoltooide roamance van Ediapaso Gianovoltare" (Thriller) 2014
Some of Conrads work has been translated in the UK (Random House), the U.S.A. (Viking Press) and Germany (Verlagshaus n°8) In 2012 Starr was published by Bitter Lemon Press under the title NO SALE (Translation Jonathan Lynn);
Filmography
- Les wagons verts-réséda (1967) Director
- Un soir, un train (1968) Actor – Le maître d'hôtel
- Slijk (1972) Director
- Slachtvee (1979) Director/Writer
- Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979) Actor – Fregoli
- Ieder mens die sterft is een museum dat brandt (1982) Director
- Maria Danneels (of het leven dat we droomden) (1982) Actor
- Parlez-moi d'amour (1983) Director
- Na de liefde (1983) Actor – Guido
- L'agenda d'Agenor (1983) Director
- Permeke (1985) Director) Writer
- Mascara (1987) Director) Writer
- Hector (1987) Actor – Filmregisseur
- Het sacrament (1990) Producer
Awards
- Literature
- 1969 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
- 1971 – Poetry prize of 'De Vlaamse Gids'
- 1976 – Poetry prize of de Province of Antwerp
- 2008 – Diamant Bullit Award (Best Thriller of the Netherlands and Belgium) for Starr.
- Film
- 1967 Prize of the experimental short movie for Les wagons verts-réséda, Benelux Filmfestival.
- 1985 Prize of the video production for Parlez-moi d'amour, festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
- 1985 Oecumenique Prize for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
- 1986 Grand prix for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival Video Réalité, Brussels.
- 1985 Special Prize of the Jury for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
- 1985 Prize of the Public for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
- 1985 Prix Femina for Permeke.
- 1985 André Cavens Award – Prize for the best Belgian Movie of the year for Permeke.
- 1986 Bert Leysen Prize (Prize for the best Belgian Television Movie 1985/86) for DadaTristesse.
See also
- 1969 : Sinaal prijs voor poëzie.
- Flemish literature
Sources
- Patrick Conrad op Misdaadauteurs
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- G. J. van Bork en P. J. Verkruijsse, De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs (1985)
- Patrick Conrad at IMDb
