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Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the pseudonym of ''Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael'', a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and
philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
. 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 Franciscus (Frans) Vanistendael (1942-2021) was a Belgian expert on tax law and former professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) and the Brussels Tax College (HUBrussel). Until 2005 he was dean of the law school of the KU Leuven. He ...
. 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 Judith Vanistendael (born August 21, 1974, Leuven) is a Dutch-speaking Belgian comics author, illustrator, and teacher in comics art. She also worked for a time as a children's book illustrator. Early life and education Judith Irene Vanistend ...
) *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


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Geert van Istendael


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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 Male non-fiction writers {{Belgium-writer-stub