World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Dimitri Verhulst

でぃみとり・ヴェールフュルスト

Dimitri Verhulst

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1972-10-02 (Aalst, Belgium)
Nationality
ベルギー, Belgian
Languages
Dutch
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Huccorgne, Belgium

Career

Occupations
poet, writer
Active Years
1994-2024
Influenced By
Louis Paul Boon
Nominations
Nominated for NRC Literair Prijs (De kamer hiernaast, 1999)

Awards

Libris Literatuurprijs
2009
Work: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol
Result: 受賞
Publieksprijs Gouden Uil
2007
Work: De helaasheid der dingen
Result: 受賞
De Inktaap
2008
Work: De helaasheid der dingen
Result: 受賞
Beste Boek 2008 HUMO's Pop Poll
2009
Work: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol
Organization: HUMO
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Problemski Hotel

2003 novel

About residents of an asylum-seekers' centre in Arendonk, Belgium.

refugeessocial issues
Adaptations
  • [film] Problemski Hotel / Manu Riche (2016)

De helaasheid der dingen

2006 novel

Semi-autobiographical novel about the author's youth, known as The Misfortunates.

familyalcoholism
Adaptations
  • [film] The Misfortunates (2009)

Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol

2008 novel

Modern retelling involving Noah's flood.

apocalypsehumanity

Bibliography

  • Assevrijdag (1994)
  • De kamer hiernaast (1999)
  • Niets, niemand en redelijk stil (2001)
  • Liefde, tenzij anders vermeld (2001, poetry)
  • De verveling van de keeper (2002)
  • Problemski Hotel (2003)
  • Dinsdagland (2004)
  • De aankomst in de bleke morgen op dat bleke plein (Aalst) (2005, play)
  • Yerma vraagt een toefeling (2005)

Translations by Author

  • Translation of Yerma by Federico García Lorca

Translations of Works

  • Problemski Hotel translated into more than ten languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
sarcastic but compassionateexplicit and hilarious language

Health

  • violent home environment
    幼少期
    Spent childhood in foster home

Legacy

Belgian writer best known for novels Problemski Hotel and The Misfortunates.

Trivia

  • In 2019, accused of anti-Semitism in a column about Palestinian literature, but charges were dropped.