Dimitri Verhulst

Dimitri Verhulst
Dimitri Verhulst
Born	1972 (age 38–39) Aalst, Belgium
Nationality	Belgium
Occupation	poet, writer

Dimitri Verhulst (Aalst, 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He currently lives and works in Huccorgne.

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.

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

Awards

• 2007 Publieksprijs Gouden Uil for De helaasheid der dingen
• 2009 Libris Literatuurprijs for Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol

See also

Poetry portal

• Flemish literature

Source

• Dimitri Verhulst
• Dimitri Verhulst

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Name	Verhulst,Dimitri
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Date of birth	1972
Place of birth	Aalst, Belgium
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