Ester Naomi Perquin
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Ester Naomi Perquin (born 1980) is a Dutch poet.
Early life and education
Ester Naomi Perquin was born in 1980 in Utrecht and grew up in Zierikzee.{{cite web |url=http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/author/467/ester-naomi-perquin |title=Ester Naomi Perquin |publisher=Dutch Foundation for Literature| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927125915/http://www.letterenfonds.nl/en/author/467/ester-naomi-perquin| archive-date=27 Sep 2015}}
She worked in the prison service to pay for her studies at the school of creative writing in Amsterdam.
Career
Perquin was editor for the literary journal Tirade and wrote a column for the weekly De Groene Amsterdammer. She was also the city poet for Rotterdam for two years.{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/22516 |title=Ester Naomi Perquin |date=September 26, 2012 |publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam |access-date=September 26, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212150428/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/22516 |url-status=usurped }}
Her first collection of poetry Servetten Halfstok (Napkins At Half Mast) was published in 2007. This was followed by Namens de ander (On Behalf of the Other) in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/prefestival/festival_poet_item/22599/22897 |title=Ester Naomi Perquin |work=44th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam |publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam |access-date=2015-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202035/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/prefestival/festival_poet_item/22599/22897 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=usurped }}
Her third collection, Celinspecties (Cell Inspections), was published in 2012.
Recognition and awards
- 2010: Anna Blaman Prijs{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
- 2010: Jo Peters Poetry Prize, for Namens de Ander
- 2011: J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
- 2011: {{Interlanguage link|Lucy B. and C.W. van der Hoogt Prize|nl|3=Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogtprijs}}, for her first two collections
- 2012: VSB Poetry Prize, for Celinspecties (Cell Inspections)
- 2017: Elected Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands (the Dutch counterpart of Britain's Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom){{Citation | last = Spriet | first = Chris | title = Support Troops | journal = Siegfried's Journal | volume = 33
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Category:21st-century Dutch poets
Category:Writers from Utrecht (city)
Category:People from Zierikzee
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