Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the
pseudonym
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of ''Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael'', a
Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied
sociology
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and
philosophy
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at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. Founded in 1425, it is the oldest university in Belgium and the oldest university in the Low Countries.
In addition to its main camp ...
. From 1987 until 1993, he worked as a journalist for the Belgian National Television and since 1993 he became a full-time writer. He is a brother of
Frans Vanistendael. He is a supporter of
Orangism and a
Pan-Netherlands.
Bibliography
*1983 ''De iguanodons van Bernissart''. (poems)
*1987 ''Plattegronden''. Amsterdam (poems).
*1989 ''Het Belgisch labyrint, of De schoonheid der wanstaltigheid''. (essays)
*1991 ''Verhalen van het heggeland''. (stories)
*1992 ''Arm Brussel''. Amsterdam (essays)
*1994 ''Bekentenissen van een reactionair''. (essays)
*1995 ''Vlaamse sprookjes''. (fairytales)
*1996 ''Het geduld van de dingen''. (poems)
*1997 ''Altrapsodie''. (novel)
*1997 ''Anders is niet beter''. (essays)
*1999 ''Nieuwe uitbarstingen''. (essays)
*2001 ''Alle uitbarstingen''. (columns)
*2003 ''De zwarte steen''. (novel)
*2005 ''Mijn Nederland''. (essays)
*2006 ''Alfabet van de globalisering''. (essays)
*2007: ''Mijn Duitsland'' (essays)
*2008: ''Kerstverhaal'' (with
Judith Vanistendael)
*2009: ''Gesprekken met mijn dode god''
*2010: ''Tot het Nederlandse volk''
*2012: ''Een geschiedenis van België''
Awards
* 1995 – with
Paul de Leeuw
See also
*
Flemish literature
References
Sources
Geert van Istendael
External links
1947 births
Living people
20th-century Belgian novelists
21st-century Belgian novelists
20th-century Belgian poets
21st-century Belgian poets
20th-century essayists
21st-century essayists
Belgian non-fiction writers
Flemish journalists
Belgian essayists
KU Leuven alumni
Belgian translators
German–Dutch translators
Flemish poets
Belgian male poets
20th-century Belgian male writers
21st-century Belgian male writers
Belgian male non-fiction writers
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