Frank Adam

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Frank Adam
Born18 August 1968  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (age 56)
Bruges   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Occupation Playwright   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Frank Adam (18 August 1968) is a Flemish author, mostly writing plays and philosophical works. He began writing in 1992 and is a member of the editorial team of the Dutch-language literary periodical De Brakke Hond and in addition, he is a teacher at the writers academy in Bruges.

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Adam studied Arabic, Ancient Greek, Germanic languages, and literature.

Career

He began his writing career in 2001 with the book Waarom ik altijd née zeg ("Why I always say no") to answer his son Dante. His 2002 book, Mijn mond eet graag spinazie maar ik niet ("My mouth eats spinach alright, but not me") looks through a child's eyes at the bizarre world of grown ups. This book was also turned into a children's play. De passie van de puber ("The passion of a teenager") received the Knokke-Heist prize for best children's book of 2006.

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