Dimitri Verhulst
Dimitri Verhulst (born October 2, 1972 in Aalst ) is a Flemish writer .
Life
Verhulst grew up with foster parents and in children's homes. He was brought up "very Catholic". He worked as an animator in Mallorca , for a pizza express, in a plastic factory and as a tourist guide.
In 1999 he published his first novel and his volume of poetry was written for the “C. Buddingh Prize “nominated. The novel “Problemski Hotel” (2003) was published in nine countries. With the novel “Die Beschissenheit der Dinge” (2006), in which Dimitri Verhulst tells his own story, he was nominated for the “AKO Literature Prize”. The 2009 film version The Shitty Things got a lot of attention.
Works (selection)
- Niets, nobody en redelijk stil. 2001
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Problemski Hotel . 2003
- Problemski Hotel . Translated from Barbara Heller . Claassen, Berlin 2004 ISBN 978-3-546-00356-8
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De helaasheid of things . 2006
- The shitty things . Übers. Rainer Kersten. Luchterhand, Munich 2007 ISBN 978-3-630-62120-3
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Mevrouw Verona daalt de heuvel af . 2006
- Madame Verona descends the hill. Übers. Rainer Kersten. Luchterhand, Munich 2008 ISBN 978-3-630-62129-6
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De laatste rande van mijn moeder . 2010
- My mother’s last love . Übers. Rainer Kersten. Luchterhand, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-63087355-8
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Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol . 2008
- Goddamn days on a goddamn planet: One complaint. Übers. Rainer Kersten . Luchterhand Literaturverlag , Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-630-62176-0
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Monoloog van iemand who het gewoon will praten for ten . 2011
- Monologue from a woman who got into the habit of talking to herself. Übers. Rainer Kersten. Covadonga, Bielefeld 2013 ISBN 978-3-936973-76-1
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De laatkomer. Door zich dement voor te doen thinks a pensioneerde bibliothecaris zijn kleurloze bestaan eighth zich te kunnen laten . Atlas Contact, Amsterdam 2013
- The librarian who would rather be demented than at home with his wife . Luchterhand, Munich 2014 ISBN 978-3-442-71324-0
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Kaddisj voor een kut . 2014 ISBN 978-90-254-4378-8
- The unwanted. Two stories based on real events . Übers. Rainer Kersten. Luchterhand, Munich 2016 ISBN 978-3-630-87479-1
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De zomer hou je ook niet tegen . Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam 2015
- You can't stop the summer either. Übers. Rainer Kersten. Octaves, Stuttgart 2019 ISBN 978-3-7725-3010-4
Awards
- 2015: Tzumpreis
- 2014: Else Otten Prize , Translator Prize, together with Bettina Bach
- Nominations
- 2006: Euregio pupil literature prize for Problemski Hotel
- 2012: Euregio student literature prize for The Shit of Things
Web links
- Literature by and about Dimitri Verhulst in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ taz , Easter 2016, p. 3.
- ^ Journey to Hell , Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , July 20, 2011, page NO-KU1
- ↑ You can't stop summer either | Free Spiritual Life Publishing House. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verhulst, Dimitri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd October 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aalst |