Tom Lanoye

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Tom Lanoye (born August 27, 1958 in Sint-Niklaas ) is a Flemish novelist , cabaret artist , critic , poet , columnist , writer of scripts and plays and entrepreneur . His name is pronounced in French: / lɑnwa /.

Tom Lanoye, 2008

Life

Lanoye was born the youngest son of a butcher. He attended the Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie in Sint-Niklaas, a Catholic school that only accepted boys. Lanoye then studied German philology at the University of Ghent . During his studies he was an active member of the liberal, language-loving student union (TSG) 't Zal Wel Gaan. His thesis was dedicated to the poetry of Hans Warren .

In 1982 Lanoye was the editor and editor of 't Zwarte Gat' magazine, of which only four issues appeared. In the city council election in Antwerp in 2000, Lanoye was a bogus candidate for the alternative party Agalev in order to support the fight against the Flemish Bloc .

In 2003 Lanoye was named the first city ​​poet of Antwerp, the first Flemish city to introduce this honorary post. During his two-year tenure, he wrote 13 poems and speeches that were later published in the volume City Poems .

Lanoye is also an entrepreneur, his company is called LANOYE nv.

In Belgium and the Netherlands, Tom Lanoye appeared on radio and television. Lanoye attracts public attention with his statements. He calls himself an atheist.

Lanoye lives in Antwerp and Cape Town ( South Africa ). His literary works have been published or performed in ten languages.

Literary work

In 1981/82 Tom Lanoye formed a duo with James Bordello (= Peter Roose) . The two appeared as "de Twee Laatste Grote Poëtische Beloften Van Net Voor De Derde Wereldoorlog" (the last two great promising young poets in the period shortly before the Third World War). They self-published small volumes and performed in Ghent student bars . The following year, the duo made the jump to take part in the Poetry Night in Utrecht . Lanoye also wrote polemical articles for De Zwijger , Propria Cures, and Humo magazines .

In 1985 he published his prose debut , the semi-autobiographical novel Een slagerszoon met een brilletje (butcher's son with shrill glasses). A guest appearance on the Dutch TV talk show by Sonja Barend brought him notoriety that same year. Other books are Alles moet weg (1988, "Alles muss weg"), the melancholy novel Kartonnen dozen (1991, "Pappschachteln") and the trilogy Het Goddelijke Monster ("The divine monster"), Zwarte tranen ("Black Tears") and Boze tongen (“Evil Tongues”), which is about the collapse of Belgium. The trilogy formed the basis of a ten-part television series that ran on the first Belgian television station in autumn 2011.

Lanoye gained attention abroad as a modern dramaturge with Ten Oorlog (1997, "Schlachten"), a twelve-hour stage adaptation of eight Shakespeare dramas in verse.

Lanoye developed from an enfant terrible to a writer who devotes himself to “texts and writings in every form”, “both books, newspapers, magazines and other printing work such as theater performances, cabaret and singing appearances, all of this in any form and in the broadest sense of the word". He regularly performs in literary stage shows, which are more theatrical monologues than readings . A bestseller among his stage plays is Het derde huwelijk (“The Third Marriage”), alongside the plays Fort Europa , Mamma Medea (based on Euripides ), Mefisto for ever (based on Klaus Mann ) and Atropa , which have been staged several times abroad . De wraak van de vrede ("Atropa. The Revenge of Peace", loosely based on Euripides, Aeschylus , George W. Bush , Donald Rumsfeld and Curzio Malaparte ). The last two works form the beginning and the end of De triptiek van de macht (“Triptych of Power”) by the director Guy Cassiers and were invited to the Festival d'Avignon in his staging .

In 2007 Lanoye was nominated for De Gouden Uil and the Libris Literature Prize with his novel Het derde huwelijk (“The Third Marriage”) . In the same year he won the Gouden Ganzenveer in the Netherlands for his oeuvre and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Antwerp .

At the end of 2009 his novel Sprakeloos (“Speechless”) was published, which deals with the death of his mother - an amateur actress - who loses speech after a stroke. Eighteen years later, Sprakeloos can be read as an unexpected sequel to the equally autobiographical book Kartonnen dozen ('cardboard boxes'). In 2010 the novel landed on the shortlists of several literary prizes (De Gouden Uil, Libris Literature Prize, AKO Literature Prize ) and won the De Gouden Uil Audience Prize. This made Tom Lanoye the best-selling author in the Dutch-speaking area, according to statistics from the Boek.be website . In 2011 the book was nominated for the Boek-Delenprijs , which is awarded for the Reading Club Book of the Year. Sprakeloos was awarded the Henriette Roland Holst Prize in the same year . The book found its way to France, South Africa, Denmark.

On Cobra , the website for art and culture of the Belgian TV station Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep , Bloed en Rozen and De Russen! Voted among the best 11 stage productions of the year. Lanoye wrote these pieces for Het Toneelhuis (Guy Cassiers / Avignon Festival) and Ivo van Hove (Toneelgroep Amsterdam / Holland Festival). Both performances received praise, including a. in the Financial Times and in Le Monde . Lanoye's theater texts Mamma Medea and Atropa were performed, a. a. in Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt. On behalf of the Dutch organization for reading promotion Stichting CPNB , Tom Lanoye wrote the novella Heldere hemel (“Heiterer Himmel”) in 2012 , which buyers will receive as a gift during book week ( Boekenweek present ). Tom Lanoye is the fourth Belgian writer to write this gift book, after Hubert Lampo (1969), Marnix Gijsen (1978) and Hugo Claus (1989). For the first time, the Flemish book trade took part in this gift campaign.

In 2012, Tom Lanoye from the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde received the five-year award for stage texts in the period 2007–2011 for Atropa. De wraak van de vrede (2008, "Atropa. The Revenge of Peace") awarded. In autumn 2012, Lanoye was visiting professor for a week at the Sorbonne University in Paris , where he gave six lectures on Flemish and Dutch literature .

In 2012, when he voted for the most popular classical work of Flemish literature, his novel Sprakeloos (2009) took third place, after Louis Paul Boons De Kapellekensbaan (1953, "Der Kapellekensweg") and the Central Dutch epic Van de vos Reynaerde (Fuchs Reinaert) from the 13th century.

In 2013 Lanoye was nominated for Les Boîtes en Carton , the French version of Kartonnen dozen , together with Julian Barnes and Amin Maalouf for the Prix ​​Jean Monnet de Littérature européenne .

Solo programs

Aside from his plays, Lanoye performed his texts on Belgian and Dutch stages. He read from his own works. However, these appearances are not readings by the author, but rather are reminiscent of a one-man show by a cabaret artist.

  • Jamboree (1982-1984)
  • Een slagerszoon met een brilletje (1986)
  • In de piste (1988–1989)
  • Dozen cartons (1992)
  • Gespleten en bescheten (1997–1999)
  • The very best of the artist formerly known as a young man (1998)
  • Ten oorlog - De solo (2000)
  • Veldslag voor een man alleen (2003-2004)
  • Geletterde Mensen (2006), together with Antjie Krog
  • Woest (2008) 50 years Lanoye
  • Woest (2010) (preliminary) second farewell tour of an incorrigible literary divo .
  • Sprakeloos (2012)

bibliography

Dutch

Plays

  • 1989: De Canadese Muur (theater, together with Herman Brusselmans)
  • 1991: Blankenberge (theater)
  • 1991: Bij Jules en Alice (theater)
  • 1993: De schoonheid van een total loss (theater)
  • 1993: Celibaat (theater, based on Gerard Walschap )
  • 1997: Ten oorlog
  • 2001: Mamma Medea (theater, based on Euripides and Apollonios van Rhodos)
  • 2003: Veldslag voor een man alleen (theater)
  • 2004: Diplodocus Deks (theater)
  • 2004: De Jossen (theater)
  • 2005: Fort Europa (theater)
  • 2006: Mefisto for ever (theater, freely based on the novel Mephisto by Klaus Mann) Dirk Roofthooft received the Louis d'Or for the leading role.
  • 2008: Atropa. De wraak van de vrede (Theater, freely based on Euripides, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Curzio Malaparte)
  • 2008: Alles eender (whole pass) (theater)
  • 2011: Bloed en Rozen
  • 2011: De Russen! Ivanov meets Platonov (theater, freely based on Anton Chekhov)

Poetry

  • 1980: Maar nog zo goed als nieuw (poetry)
  • 1981: Neon! Een elegisch rock poem (poetry)
  • 1982: Gent-Wevelgem (poetry)
  • 1983: De nagelaten poems (poetry)
  • 1983: De glazen klomp (poetry)
  • 1984: In de piste (poetry)
  • 1984: Bagger (lyric)
  • 1990: Hanestaart (poetry)
  • 2002: No man's land, poems uit de Groote Oorlog, Prometheus, Amsterdam (contains a free translation of “Dulce et Decorum est” from 1917 by Wilfred Owen)
  • 2004: Overkant (poetry)
  • 2005: City poems (poetry)
  • 2005: De meeste poems (poetry)

Novels

  • 1988: Alles moet weg (novel)
  • 1991: Dozen cartons (novel)
  • 1997: Het goddelijke monster (novel)
  • 1999: Zwarte Tranen (novel, Gouden Uil Audience Award 2000)
  • 2002: Boze Tongen (Roman, Gouden Uil, Gouden Uil - Audience Award 2003 and Inktaap 2005)
  • 2006: Het derde huwelijk (novel)
  • 2009: Sprakeloos (novel)

Essays and columns

  • 1983: Rozegeur en Maneschijn (essays)
  • 1989: Vroeger was ik beter (essays)
  • 1992: Doen! (Columns / essays)

stories

  • 1985: Een slagerszoon met een brilletje (short stories)
  • 1994: Spek en bonen (short stories)
  • 2012: Heldere hemel (based on the plane crash near Kortrijk) ( Boekenweek present , 2012)

Reviews

  • 1986: Het cirkus van de slechte smaak (reviews)
  • 1989: Gespleten en bescheten (reviews)
  • 1994: Weighing mats (reviews)
  • 2001: Tekst & uitleg / Woorden met vleugels (reviews)
  • 2004: Het vroegste vitriool (reviews)
  • 2004: Vitriool voor gevorderden (reviews)
  • 2007: Schermutseling (reviews)

German

  • Atropa. The Revenge of Peace (translation by Rainer Kersten), publishing house of the authors Frankfurt a. M., 99 pages, ISBN 978-3-88661-331-1 .
  • Gas / Queen Lear. Two pieces (translation by Rainer Kersten), publishing house of the authors Frankfurt a. M., 180 pages, ISBN 978-3-88661-379-3 .
  • Mamma Medea / Mefisto forever. Two pieces (translation by Rainer Kersten), publishing house of the authors Frankfurt a. M., 206 pages, ISBN 978-3-88661-303-8 .
  • Butcher! After the Wars of the Roses by William Shakespeare (translation by Rainer Kersten and Klaus Reichert), publishing house of the authors Frankfurt a. M., 344 pages, ISBN 978-3-88661-210-9 .

Awards (selection)

  • 1992: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer for dozen cartons
  • 1994: Theater Prize of the Province of Antwerp for Blankenberge
  • 1995: Arkpreis van het Vrije Woord for weights
  • 1998: Océ podium award for Ten oorlog
  • 1998: Proscenium Prize for Ten oorlog
  • 1999: Thaliapreis for Ten oorlog
  • 1998: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer for Het goddelijke monster
  • 2000: Triennial Prize of the Flemish Community for Theater Literature for Ten oorlog
  • 2000: 3sat Prize at the Berlin Theatertreffen for battles! ( Ten oorlog )
  • 2000: De Gouden Uil audience award for Zwarte Tranen
  • 2000: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer for Zwarte Tranen
  • 2003: De Gouden Uil - Literature Prize for Boze Tongen
  • 2003: De Gouden Uil Audience Award for Boze Tongen
  • 2004: De Inktaap for Boze tongen
  • In 2005, Lanoye was ranked 84th in the Flemish edition of De Grootste Belg .
  • 2007: De Gouden Ganzenveer for his oeuvre
  • 2010: De Gouden Uil Audience Award for Sprakeloos
  • 2010: Tzumpreis for the best sentence (from Sprakeloos )
  • 2011: Henriette Roland Holst Prize for Sprakeloos
  • 2012: Five-year award for stage texts from the Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde for Atropa. De wraak van de vrede
  • 2013: Constantijn Huygensprijs

swell

  • Humo (September 28, 2009). "'Sprakeloos': Tom Lanoye neemt afscheid van zijn ouders". Consulted May 26, 2010.
  • Neefjes, Annemiek (December 13, 2006). "Tom Lanoye: 'Gelukkig kan ik schrijven'". Vrij Nederland. Consulted on May 17, 2010.

Web links

Commons : Tom Lanoye  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quote from the articles of association of LANOYE, which was founded in 1992
  2. ↑ On March 6, 2010, Lanoye opened the performance in the Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg in Brussels with a remark that was specifically intended for the Dutch audience. Local elections had just taken place in the Netherlands, in which the PVV had become the largest party in Almere . This party has almost only one theme: the foreigners. Lanoye said the Netherlands are 20 years behind history with Wilders' PVV. He is referring to the Flemish Bloc, which received many votes in Flanders in the past.
  3. ↑ During the Dutch Book Week, he performed in the sold-out hall of the Carré Theater in Amsterdam.
  4. ↑ It's a play that lasts 11 hours. Lanoye co-wrote the text with Luk Perceval on the basis of Shakespeare's The Wars of the Roses . In Germany it was called Schlachten! listed. Lucas Van den Eynde received the Arlecchino for best male supporting role.
  5. ↑ The latest joint project by Lanoye and Guy Cassiers for Het Toneelhuis ion (Antwerp). It was also performed in the famous Cour d'Honneur des Palais des Papes in the summer of 2011, as part of the Avignon Theater Festival.
  6. ↑ for the theater group (Toneelgroep) Amsterdam directed by Ivo Van Hove
personal data
SURNAME Lanoye, Tom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Sint-Niklaas , Belgium