Geert Van Istendael
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Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the
pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...
of ''Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael'', a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied
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and
philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
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


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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 Belgian male non-fiction writers {{Belgium-writer-stub