Herman Leenders

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Herman Leenders
Born (1960-05-10) 10 May 1960 (age 62) [1]
Bruges
OccupationWriter, poet

Herman Leenders (born 10 May 1960) is a Flemish writer and poet.

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Early life

Leenders was born in 1960 in Bruges. [2] He studied German studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. [2]

Career

Leenders made his debut with poetry collection Mijn landschap, een beeldinventaris in 1982 as part of the Yang Poëzie Reeks. [1] A decade later he published his second poetry collection Ogentroost (1992) for which he received three awards: the C. Buddingh'-prijs in 1993, the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs in 1993 and the Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen in 1995. [1] [2] [3] [4] In the years that followed he published various other poetry collections: Landlopen (1995), Speelgoed (2000), Vervalsingen (2008) and Dat is wij (2013).

Leenders also won the Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen for his collection of stories Het mennegat (1994). [2]

He made his debut as novelist with the novel De echtbreukeling (2005). His next novel God speelt drieband was published in 2017.

Leenders' work is published by Dutch publishing company De Arbeiderspers.

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leenders Herman" (in Dutch). Schrijversgewijs. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I) - Leenders, Herman" (in Dutch). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. "Ons Erfdeel. Jaargang 41 (1998)" (in Dutch). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. Mulder, Reinjan (21 June 1993). "Poetry aanbidt dichters maar minacht het publiek" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.