Eriek Verpale
{{short description|Belgian writer}}
Eric Verpaele (Zelzate, 2 February 1952 – Ertvelde, 10 August 2015), pseudonym: Eriek Verpale) was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an editor of the magazine Koebel, several literary magazines and the {{Lang|nl-be|Belgisch-Israëlitisch Weekblad}} ({{translation|Belgian-Israeli Weekly}}).{{cite web|url=http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/cultuur%2Ben%2Bmedia/kunsten/1.2411966|title=Schrijver Eriek Verpale is overleden|work=deredactie.be|date=10 August 2015}}
He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in Polder- en andere gedichten (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of jiddisch Polish-Jewish ancestry, and the chasidic and Eastern European literature play an important role in his work.
Bibliography
- De rabbi en andere verhalen (1975)
- Polder- en andere gedichten (1975)
- Voor een simpel ogenblik maar ... (1976)
- Een meisje uit Odessa (1979)
- Op de trappen van Algiers (1980)
- Alles in het klein (1990)
- Onder vier ogen (1992)
- Olivetti 82 (1993)
- Nachten van Beiroet (1994)
- De patatten zijn geschild (1995)
- Grasland (1996)
- Gitta (1997)
- Katse nachten (2000)
See also
- Flemish literature
- Bernard, a feature film made of the monologue "Olivetti" 82 can be freely watched online.{{cite web |url=http://www.bernardfilm.com/ |title=Home |website=bernardfilm.com}}
Sources
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- [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=verp001 Eriek Verpale]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201118/http://www.literair.gent.be/html/lexicondetail.asp?ID=5&AID=636&l=V Eriek Verpale]
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