Английская Википедия:Erik Menkveld
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Erik Jan Willem Menkveld (25 April 1959 – 30 March 2014) was a Dutch poet.
Early life
Menkveld was born as only child in 1959 in Eindhoven.[1][2]
Career
Between 1987 and 1998 he worked at publishing company De Bezige Bij.[1] In 1995, he published Achter het behang, a Dutch translation of the German work Der kleine Erziehungsberater by Axel Hacke.[1] In the same year he also published Koebeest en vrouwdier.
Menkveld made his debut with poetry collection De karpersimulator (1997) which was published by De Bezige Bij.[3] He won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut but did not receive the award as Menkveld was working at Poetry International at the time, the organisation behind the award.[4] Menkveld also won the Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs for De karpersimulator.[5] In 1998 he was also nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize for this debut.[4]
His second poetry collection Schapen nu! was published by De Bezige Bij in 2001 and his third poetry collection Prime time followed in 2005, this time published by Van Oorschot.[3] For Schapen nu! he was nominated for the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs as well as the J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs.[1]
In 2008, he was one of the nominees to become Dichter des Vaderlands, an unofficial title for the poet laureate of the Netherlands, along with Hagar Peeters, Joke van Leeuwen and Ramsey Nasr.[6]
In 2012, he won the Academica Literatuurprijs for his novel Het grote zwijgen (2011).[6]
Personal life
Menkveld was married to Maria Vlaar.
Death
Menkveld died of cardiac arrest in 2014 in Amsterdam.[1][6] He is buried at Zorgvlied.
Awards
- 1998: C. Buddingh'-prijs, for De karpersimulator (won, but not awarded)[4]
- 1999: Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs, for De karpersimulator[5]
Publications
- Briefwisseling met R.N. Roland en H. Roland Holst-Van der Schalk (1990)
- Koebeest en vrouwdier (1995)
- De karpersimulator (1997)
- Honderd jaar Nobelprijspoëzie (2000)
- Schapen nu! (2001)
- Prime time (2005)
- Met de meeste hoogachting (2006)
- Het grote zwijgen (2011)
- Verzamelde gedichten (2016)
References
External links
- Erik Menkveld (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature
