Anne Vegter

Vegter attended a gymnasium in Drachten and Epe. She studied art history and pedagogy in at the Academie voor Expressie door Woord en Gebaar in Utrecht in the late seventies. In 1976, she worked in a psychiatric institution. In 1977, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

In 1989, Vegter published her first children's book De dame en de neushoorn with illustrations by Geerten Ten Bosch. For this book they were awarded the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs in 1990.{{cite web|url=https://woutertjepieterseprijs.nl/deelnemers/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-1990/|title=Woutertje Pieterse Prijs 1990|publisher=woutertjepieterseprijs.nl|accessdate=16 January 2019|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116213431/https://woutertjepieterseprijs.nl/deelnemers/woutertje-pieterse-prijs-1990/|language=Dutch}} The main characters in this book were first introduced in the children's magazine St. Kitts van de Bovenwindse.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj00957.php|title=Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (1982–2014)|date=June 2001|publisher=dbnl.org|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202221915/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/coil001lexi01_01/lvdj00957.php|language=Dutch|url-status=live}} In 1991, she was nominated for the AKO-Literatuurprijs for her children's book Verse bekken! which was also illustrated by Ten Bosch. Vegter continued her collaboration with Ten Bosch for her book Harries hoofdingang (1999) as well as Sprookjes van de planeet aarde (2006). The latter book was illustrated by both Geerten Ten Bosch and her sister Judith Ten Bosch.{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/150232315|title=Sprookjes van de planeet aarde [Book, 2006] (WorldCat.org)|publisher=WorldCat|oclc=150232315 |accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202230115/https://www.worldcat.org/title/sprookjes-van-de-planeet-aarde/oclc/150232315|url-status=live}} Both sisters participated in the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2007 to exhibit their illustrations in this book.{{cite web|url=http://tnstudio.nl/judith-ten-bosch/|title=Judith Ten Bosch|publisher=tnstudio.nl|accessdate=17 February 2019|archive-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217004804/http://tnstudio.nl/judith-ten-bosch/|language=Dutch|url-status=live}}

In 1991, Vegter published her first poetry book Het veerde.

In 1996, Vegter made her debut as playwright with Het recht op fatsoen. In 2005, she won the Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs together with Anna Enquist and Antoine Uitdehaag for the play Struisvogels op de Coolsingel about the German bombing of Rotterdam in 1940.{{cite web|url=https://over.taalunie.org/nieuws-en-pers/persberichten/anna-enquist-antoine-uitdehaag-en-anne-vegter-winnen-taalunie-toneelschrijfprijs-2005-met-struisvog|title=Anna Enquist, Antoine Uitdehaag en Anne Vegter winnen Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs 2005 met Struisvogels op de Coolsingel|publisher=De Nederlandse Taalunie|accessdate=27 January 2019|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127230248/https://over.taalunie.org/nieuws-en-pers/persberichten/anna-enquist-antoine-uitdehaag-en-anne-vegter-winnen-taalunie-toneelschrijfprijs-2005-met-struisvog|language=Dutch}} The play consists of seven monologues dedicated to seven people who have died during the bombardment.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonheur.nl/pagina.php?id=108|title=Struisvogels op de Coolsingel|publisher=Bonheur Theaterbedrijf Rotterdam|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202172433/http://www.bonheur.nl/pagina.php?id=108|language=Dutch|url-status=live}} The play was published as a book in 2009.

In 2004, she received the Anna Blaman Prijs for her entire oeuvre. In January 2012, she received the Awater Poëzieprijs 2011 for her poetry book Eiland berg gletsjer which she also illustrated herself.{{cite web|url=http://ooteoote.nl/2012/01/anne-vegter-wint-awater-poezieprijs-2011/|title=Anne Vegter wint Awater Poëzieprijs 2011|date=11 January 2012|publisher=Ooteoote|accessdate=4 February 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204181540/http://ooteoote.nl/2012/01/anne-vegter-wint-awater-poezieprijs-2011/|language=Dutch|url-status=live}}

Vegter became the poet of the city of Rotterdam in January 2021.{{Cite news|date=25 May 2021|title=Anne Vegter is stadsdichter van Rotterdam: 'Ik ga al vloggend op de Felyx de wijken in'|language=nl|url=https://indebuurt.nl/rotterdam/rotterdammers/rotterdammer-van-de-week/anne-vegter-is-stadsdichter-van-rotterdam-ik-ga-al-vloggend-op-de-felyx-de-wijken-in~179986/|access-date=8 February 2022}} In 2022, she won the

Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs for her work Big data.{{Cite news|date=25 January 2022|title=Shortlist Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs 2022 bekendgemaakt|language=nl|work=Nederlands Letterenfonds|url=http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/entry/3155/shortlist-ida-gerhardt-poezieprijs-2022-bekendgemaakt|access-date=8 February 2022}}{{Cite news|date=16 February 2022|title=Anne Vegter krijgt Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs 2022 voor haar bundel Big data|language=nl|work=Tzum|url=https://www.tzum.info/2022/02/nieuws-anne-vegter-krijgt-ida-gerhardt-poezieprijs-2022-voor-haar-bundel-big-data/|access-date=20 February 2022}}

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From 31 January 2013 (Gedichtendag 2013) until 29 January 2017 she held the position of Dichter des Vaderlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.akademievankunsten.nl/nl/leden/anne-vegter|title=Anne Vegter – Dichter|publisher=Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen|accessdate=27 January 2019|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127220147/https://www.akademievankunsten.nl/nl/leden/anne-vegter|language=Dutch}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dichterdesvaderlands.nl/read/is-de-nieuwe-dichter-des-vaderlands|title=Anne Vegter is de nieuwe Dichter des Vaderlands|date=31 January 2013|archive-date=30 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330083838/http://www.dichterdesvaderlands.nl/read/is-de-nieuwe-dichter-des-vaderlands|language=Dutch}}{{cite web|url=https://www.literairnederland.nl/anne-vegter-benoemt-tot-dichter-des-vaderlands-2013-2017/|title=Anne Vegter benoemd tot Dichter des Vaderlands 2013 – 2017|date=4 February 2013|publisher=Literair Nederland|accessdate=27 January 2019|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127231130/https://www.literairnederland.nl/anne-vegter-benoemt-tot-dichter-des-vaderlands-2013-2017/|language=Dutch}} Vegter became the first woman to hold this position. Her poems, over thirty in total,{{cite web|url=http://www.hanta.nl/hanta/2017/01/24/alle-38-gedichten-van-anne-vegter-de-dichter-des-vaderlands-op-een-rij/|title=Alle 38 – gedichten van Anne Vegter, de Dichter des Vaderlands – op een rij|first=Liliane|last=Waanders|date=24 January 2017|publisher=hanta.nl|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131233410/http://www.hanta.nl/hanta/2017/01/24/alle-38-gedichten-van-anne-vegter-de-dichter-des-vaderlands-op-een-rij/|language=Dutch|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://dichterdesvaderlands.nl/gedicht/?ddv=33|title=Archief Gedichten – Dichter des Vaderlands – Anne Vegter|publisher=dichterdesvaderlands.nl|accessdate=2 February 2019|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202170047/http://dichterdesvaderlands.nl/gedicht/?ddv=33|language=Dutch|url-status=live}} as Dichter des Vaderlands were published in Wat helpt is een wonder (2017). These poems discuss various topics of national importance including the inauguration of Willem-Alexander in 2013, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 and the death of Johan Cruyff in 2016.

Some of these poems are on display in public spaces, such as De middelen (2015) in footpath near Leeuwarden railway station and We weten nog niet hoe (2016) which spans the Waalkade (a quay of 600 meters) in Nijmegen. Vegter also wrote the poem De Koning en ik (2014) which is on display next to a bust of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands made by sculptor Natasja Bennink.{{cite web|url=https://www.coevordenhuisaanhuis.nl/nieuws/regio/324355/provincie-kiest-voor-beeld-koning-van-natasja-bennink.html|title=Provincie kiest voor beeld Koning van Natasja Bennink|date=22 May 2014|publisher=coevordenhuisaanhuis.nl|accessdate=7 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207232201/https://www.coevordenhuisaanhuis.nl/nieuws/regio/324355/provincie-kiest-voor-beeld-koning-van-natasja-bennink.html|language=Dutch|url-status=live}}

In 2016, she mentioned The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers as sources of inspiration.{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/cultuur/de-boeken-van-anne-vegter-turks-fruit-werd-mijn-eigen-prive-pornografie~a8366c4f/|title=De boeken van Anne Vegter: Turks Fruit werd mijn eigen privé-pornografie|first=Pam|last=van der Veen|date=2 July 2016|work=Algemeen Dagblad|accessdate=31 January 2019|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131234809/https://www.ad.nl/cultuur/de-boeken-van-anne-vegter-turks-fruit-werd-mijn-eigen-prive-pornografie~a8366c4f/|language=Dutch|url-status=live}} She also expressed admiration for the work of Armando.

• De dame en de neushoorn (1989)
• Verse bekken! (1990)
• Het veerde (1991)
• Ongekuiste versies (1994)
• Het recht op fatsoen (1996)
• Harries hoofdingang (1999)
• Hondenvoer voor sociologen (1999)
• Lees je beter! (2001)
• Aandelen en obligaties (2002)
• Sprookjes van de planeet aarde (2006)
• Spamfighter (2007)
• Eiland berg gletsjer (2011)
• Wat helpt is een wonder (2017)
• Ik hier jij daar (2017, with Ghayath Almadhoun)
• Big data (2019)

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