Rita Bertha Maria Demeester (26 September 1946 – 29 January 1993) was a
Belgian
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poet
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and
writer
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.
Biography
She was born at
Roeselare
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The ...
. She obtained a degree in social
pedagogy
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from the
Catholic University of Leuven
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. She worked as an
educationalist
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, but started writing when she became unemployed in 1986. Demeester died at
Genk
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in 1993.
Awards
* 1989 -
Rabobank Lenteprijs voor Literatuur for ''In het spoor van Jim Morrison''
Bibliography
* 1988 - ''Krappe herinnering''
* 1988 - ''Vrouwentongen. Verhalen, essays en reisreportages'' (works of 11 Flemish female writers, composed by
Veerle Weverbergh) ()
* 1989 - ''Stampvoeten in het donker'' (verhalen) () ()
* 1991 - ''Droomjager'' (verhalen) () ()
* 1994 - ''Land van Belofte'' (verhalen) () ()
* 1995 - ''Verzamelde werken'' () ()
See also
*
Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After Bel ...
Sources
Rita Demeester in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
1946 births
1993 deaths
People from Roeselare
Flemish writers
KU Leuven alumni
20th-century Belgian women writers
20th-century Belgian writers
Flemish women writers
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