Stefan Hertmans
Stefan Hertmans (born March 31, 1951 in Ghent ) is a Belgian author of the Dutch language.
Life
Hertmans grew up in Ghent and studied philology at the University of Ghent . He worked for a time as a teacher of philosophy and art history at the Hogeschool Gent and holds lectureships at the University of Ghent as well as guest lectures at various international cultural institutes.
Hertmans published several prose works, over a dozen volumes of poetry, various collections of essays on literary, cultural, historical and philosophical topics as well as a number of plays. Hertmans lives near Brussels and not far from Mont Ventoux in Monieux , the focal point of his historical novel Die Fremde , published in 2016 .
Works (selection)
- Ruimte . Prose. Van Hyfte, Ertvelde 1981
- Kopnaad . Drama, premiere at Kaaitheater 1994, directed by Jan Ritsema
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Naar Merelbeke . Novel. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1994
- Translated by Kathrin Kötz: Amselbach . Novel. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 1996
- Steden: Verhalen onderweg . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1998
- Goya as hond . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1999
- Behaved as op de eerste dag Roman . Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 2001
- Translated by Heinrich G. Schneeweiß : Scardanelli . Poems. Athena, Oberhausen 2001
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Oorlog en terpentijn . Novel. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2013 ISBN 978-90-234-7671-9
- Übers. Ira Wilhelm : My grandfather's heaven . Novel. Hanser, Berlin 2014. Paperback edition under the title War and Turpentine , Diogenes Verlag, ISBN 978-3-257-24431-1 .
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De bekeerlinge . Novel. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2016
- Übers. Ira Wilhelm : The Stranger . Novel. Hanser, Berlin 2017 ISBN 978-3-446-25469-5
Awards
- 1989: Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord, for Bezoekingen
- 1988: Multatuli Prize for Gestolde wolken
- 1995: Belgian State Prize for Poetry
- 2002: Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize for Als op de eerste dag
- 2008: Royal Academy Award for Dutch Linguistics and Literature
- 2013: Flemish Culture Prize for Literature
- 2014: AKO Literature Prize for Oorlog en terpentijn
- 2016: De Inktaap for Oorlog en terpentijn
- 2017: Spycher: Leuk Literature Prize
Nominations
- 2012: Halewijn Prize
- 2019: Euregio pupil literature prize , trilingual, for Die Fremde
Web links
- Literature by and about Stefan Hertmans in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Stefan Hertmans in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Stefan Hertmans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Stefan Hertmans at perlentaucher.de
- Stefan Hertmans , website
- Stefan Hertmans , at Hanser Verlag
- Stefan Hertmans , at the International Literature Festival Berlin , 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Hertmans , at schrijversgewijs
- ↑ Lothar Müller : And everything is danger . Review, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , March 21, 2017, p. V2 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hertmans, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |