Erik Menkveld
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| Born | Erik Jan Willem Menkveld 25 April 1959 Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| Died | 30 March 2014 (aged 54) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Erik Jan Willem Menkveld (25 April 1959 – 30 March 2014) was a Dutch poet.
Early life[edit]
Menkveld was born as only child in 1959 in Eindhoven.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Between 1987 and 1998 he worked at publishing company De Bezige Bij.[1] In 1995, he published Achter het behang, a Dutch translation of the German work Der kleine Erziehungsberater by Axel Hacke.[1] In the same year he also published Koebeest en vrouwdier.
Menkveld made his debut with poetry collection De karpersimulator (1997) which was published by De Bezige Bij.[3] He won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut but did not receive the award as Menkveld was working at Poetry International at the time, the organisation behind the award.[4] Menkveld also won the Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs for De karpersimulator.[5] In 1998 he was also nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize for this debut.[4]
His second poetry collection Schapen nu! was published by De Bezige Bij in 2001 and his third poetry collection Prime time followed in 2005, this time published by Van Oorschot.[3] For Schapen nu! he was nominated for the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs as well as the J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs.[1]
In 2008, he was one of the nominees to become Dichter des Vaderlands, an unofficial title for the poet laureate of the Netherlands, along with Hagar Peeters, Joke van Leeuwen and Ramsey Nasr.[6]
In 2012, he won the Academica Literatuurprijs for his novel Het grote zwijgen (2011).[6]
Personal life[edit]
Menkveld was married to Maria Vlaar.
Death[edit]
Menkveld died of cardiac arrest in 2014 in Amsterdam.[1][6] He is buried at Zorgvlied.
Awards[edit]
- 1998: C. Buddingh'-prijs, for De karpersimulator (won, but not awarded)[4]
- 1999: Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs, for De karpersimulator[5]
Publications[edit]
- Briefwisseling met R.N. Roland en H. Roland Holst-Van der Schalk (1990)
- Koebeest en vrouwdier (1995)
- De karpersimulator (1997)
- Honderd jaar Nobelprijspoëzie (2000)
- Schapen nu! (2001)
- Prime time (2005)
- Met de meeste hoogachting (2006)
- Het grote zwijgen (2011)
- Verzamelde gedichten (2016)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Erik Menkveld: biografie" (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Erik Jan Willem Menkveld - Eindhoven 25 april 1959 - Amsterdam 30 maart 2014" (in Dutch). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b "De gedichten van Erik Menkveld 1997 - 2005" (in Dutch). Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Winnaar Menkveld krijgt geen prijs" (in Dutch). NRC. 15 June 1998. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs 1999" (in Dutch). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Nieuwenhuis, Roderick (31 March 2014). "Dichter en schrijver Erik Menkveld (1959) overleden" (in Dutch). NRC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Erik Menkveld (in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature
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