- Peter Verhelst
Peter Verhelst (b.
Bruges , Belgium,28 January 1962 ) is a Belgian Flemish novelist, poet, and dramatist. He is the writer of such novels as "De Kleurenvanger"; "Memoires van een luipaard"; "Zwellend fruit"; "Tongkat". His latest novel is the so-called political thriller, "Zwerm". He is known for the very characteristic poetic writing style as well as his original off set protocols. Verhelst works are considered accessible with difficulty.Life
Pete Verhelst was born in Brugge. Since he was young he was extremely interested in books and read atlasses and encyclopedia as well as novels. At the age of 16 he started writing poetry. He became a teacher teaching Dutch, English and History. In the mean time he debuted in
1987 with the poem "Obsidiaan". His first novel, "Vloeibaar harnas" followed in 1993. Afterwards he worked as a teacher at the Institute for Food in Brugge. In the year 1999 he quit his job and started writing full time. In the year 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. Recently he also started writing for theatre. Verhelst is currently living and working inNazareth, 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)Prose
*Vloeibaar harnas (1993)
*Het spieren alfabet (1995)
*De kleurenvanger (1996)
*Tonguecat (1999)
*Zwellend fruit (2000)
*Memoires van een Luipaard (2001)
*Mondschilderingen (2002)
*Zwerm (2005)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)
*Philoctetes Fortify My Arms (2003)External links
* [http://www.thomasvaessens.nl/Vaessens%20Verhelst.pdf Over Verhelsts poëzie (Dutch)]
* [http://www.neerlandistiek.nl/01.10/ Over Verhelsts Tongkat (Dutch)]ee also
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Flemish literature References
* at the Dutch Wikipedia
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