Thomas Blondeau (June 21, 1978 in

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– October 20, 2013 in Poperinge) was a

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writer, poet and journalist. He studied literature at the University of Leuven and the University of Leiden. He wrote for newspapers including Mare, Deng, De Revisor,

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and Dif .

Career

After publishing

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

readings and short stories, he published his first

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

, ''eX'', which was well received in

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and the

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. In early 2010 he published his second novel, ''Donderhart''. In 2013, he published his third novel, ''Het West-Vlaams versierhandboek'' (), which received positive reviews. Thomas Blondeau died unexpectedly on October 20, 2013, of an

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in his hometown Poperinge.

Bibliography

* ''eX'', 2006, 351 blz., uitgeverij De Bezige Bij - Amsterdam, * ''Donderhart'', 2010, 313 blz, uitgeverij De Bezige Bij - Amsterdam, * ''Het West-Vlaams versierhandboek'', 2013, 252 blz., uitgeverij De Bezige Bij – Amsterdam,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blondeau, Thomas 1978 births 2013 deaths Belgian male writers Dutch male writers Flemish writers KU Leuven alumni Leiden University alumni