Delphine Lecompte
{{Short description|Flemish poet (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Delphine Lecompte
| image = Delphine Lecompte 2022 door Dirk Annemans.jpg
| caption = Lecompte in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|1|22}}
| birth_place = Ghent, Belgium
| occupation = Poet
| awards = C. Buddingh'-prijs (2010), Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen (2011)
| notable_works = letter to Humo
}}
Delphine Lecompte (born 22 January 1978) is a Flemish poet and columnist.
Career
In 2010, she won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for her debut poetry collection De dieren in mij.{{cite web|url=https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/22713/28/Delphine-Lecompte/nl|title=Delphine Lecompte|publisher=Poetry International|accessdate=4 March 2019|archive-date=4 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304162009/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/22713/28/Delphine-Lecompte/nl|language=Dutch|url-status=usurped}}
She also received the Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen in 2011 for this debut.
Controversy
In 2021, she wrote a letter to Humo magazine in which she made several controversial comments regarding pedophilia. Her letter was condemned by Flemish ministers including Matthias Diependaele and Sammy Mahdi. The city of Bruges, which employs her as the official poet of a museum, did not endorse her views but recognised her right to free speech.{{cite news |title="Elle nuance, normalise et même excuse la pédophilie" : la poétesse Delphine Lecompte au centre d'une vive polémique après des déclarations sur la pédophilie|trans-title="She nuances, normalises and even excuses paedophilia": poet Delphine Lecompte at the centre of a growing controversy after statements on paedophilia|url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/societe/2021/08/12/elle-nuance-normalise-et-meme-excuse-la-pedophilie-la-poetesse-delphine-lecompte-au-centre-dune-vive-polemique-apres-des-declarations-sur-la-pedophilie-VUYIJWMCANGF3OFEAKQFQLA634/ |access-date=15 August 2021 |work=La Libre |date=12 August 2021}}{{cite news |title=De tien nieuwsfeiten van de dag |trans-title=The ten news facts of the day|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210812_95695837 |access-date=15 August 2021 |work=De Standaard |date=12 August 2021 |language=Dutch}}
Publications
- 2009: De dieren in mij
- 2010: Verzonnen prooi
- 2012: Blinde gedichten
- 2013: Schachten en amuletten
- 2014: De baldadige walvis
- 2015: Dichter, bokser, koningsdochter
- 2017: Western
- 2019: Vrolijke verwoesting
- 2021: Beschermvrouwe van de verschoppelingen
Awards
- 2010: C. Buddingh'-prijs, De dieren in mij
- 2011: Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen, De dieren in mij
References
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External links
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- [https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=leco004 Delphine Lecompte] (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature
- [http://www.nederlandsepoezie.org/dichters/l/lecompte.html Delphine Lecompte] (in Dutch), Nederlandse Poëzie Encyclopedie (Dutch Poetry Encyclopedia)
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Category:Belgian humorous columnists
Category:Belgian women columnists
Category:Belgian women humorists
Category:Belgian satirical columnists
Category:Belgian women satirists
Category:C. Buddingh' Prize winners
Category:20th-century Belgian women