Arnon Grunberg (Amsterdam, 1971) was expelled from school at the age of seventeen. He then worked as the youngest assistant at a chemist’s and as a dishwasher. He originally wanted to become an actor. His first novel, Blauwe maandagen (‘Blue Mondays’) became a bestseller throughout Europe. His work was awarded many times and has been published in more than twenty countries. Besides writing novels, plays, essays, and poetry Grunberg also is a columnist for various newspapers and magazines.
Artists
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Arnon Grunberg
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Witold Szablowski
Witold Szabłowski (Poland, 1980) is a journalist and writer. In 2010 his reportage, Dziś przypłyną tu dwa trupy, (‘Two bodies washed ashore today’) was awarded the Journalism Prize from the European Parliament.
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Andrzej Stasiuk
Writer, poet, essayist and literary critic Andrzej Stasiuk was born Warsaw in 1960. Since he debuted in 1992, Stasiuk has grown to become one of the most important authors of his generation in Poland. His novel, The white raven was an international bestseller. Andrzej Stasiuk has won many literary prizes both in his own country and abroad.
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Maud Vanhauwaert
Maud Vanhauwaert (1984, Veurne, Belgium) made her literary debut in 2011. Her debut poetry collection Ik ben mogelijk (I am possible) was published by the prestigious literary publisher Querido in Amsterdam. In 2010 she was awarded the Frappant TXT Prize by the Province of Antwerp, the first prize in a writing contest for promising new authors. That same year she won the ‘Poetry slam’ – a poetry performance contest between poets – at the literary festival ‘Zuiderzinnen’ in Antwerp.
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Mauro Pawlowski
Mauro Pawlowski (born 24 April 1971) is one of the key figures in the Belgian contemporary music scene. He was born in Koersel, Belgium, and is of Italian and Polish descent. He played in numerous bands, and is currently a member of dEUS, The Love Substitutes and I Hate Camera. Even though Pawlowski is primarily known for his music, he has recently been engaged in literature. In 2008 he toured with the Dutch poet and writer Ramsey Nasr in a program that combined literature with music and theatre and he published a collection of poems under his full name: Mauro Antonio Pawlowski.
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Maciej Rukasz
Maciej Rukasz was born in 1988 and was shaped by the 90s and Nintendo. Although he studied to be a lawyer he works as fashion, publicity and theatre photographer. He teaches photography at the School for Photography in Lublin. He has also had a number of exhibitions of his work. He was given a CCA grant and was nominated for the Żuraw 2011 (a culture prize in Lublin). Minimalism is the only limitation that he accepts.
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Anna Luyten
Anna Luyten studied philosophy, as well as theater and literary studies. She began her writing career in 1988 as a journalist for de Morgen and has ever since worked for Knack Weekend and De Standaard, where she has been publishing in-depth interviews and features. She is currently visiting professor of art philosophy at The School of Arts in Gent and she works – among other things – to complete a literary non-fictional novel which is due to appear in 2012.
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Jaap Faber
Jaap Faber (Rotterdam, 1985) has studied musicology, literary studies and Dutch literature at the University of Utrecht. From 2005 to 2008 he worked as an editor for the literary journal Vooys. In 2009 he graduated cum laude from the Graduate School of Humanities (Utrecht University). Since then, he has been working at the University of Bucharest, where he teaches language practice, linguistics and Dutch literature.
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Răzvan Radulescu
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Adrian Schiop
Adrian Schiop (1973, Porumbacu de Jos, Sibiu couny, 1973) debut was published in the Fracturi literary magazine (2001). He has published two novels so far, pe bune/ pe invers (Polirom, 2004) and Zero grade Kelvin (Polirom, 2009). In 2009 he was included in the 100towatch anthology, featuring the most promising 100 Romanian artists of that time. He is currently enrolled in a Roma public policy doctoral program, at the National School for Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest.
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Ester Naomi Perquin
Ester Naomi Perquin (Utrecht, 1980) made her debut with Servetten halfstok, published in 2007. It was followed in 2009 by the collection Namens de ander. Pequin writes a weekly column in de Groene Amsterdammer, and she contributes radio reports for the VPRO program De Avonden. She has received a number of prizes for her work, and in 2011 she was appointed the City Poet of Rotterdam. Her latest volume, Celinspecties, is being published early 2012.
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Christian Binder
Christian Binder (Brasov, 1986) lives as a (self-taught) photographer and editor for the "Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien" (the daily newspaper of the german minority in Romania) in Bucharest. He grew up and lived in Brasov and Bern (Switzerland). Two of his works include a project on "Synagogues in Southern Transilvania" and a series on his hometown Brasov, which have been exhibited several times in Romania and abroad.
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Jeroen Van Rooij
Jeroen van Rooij (1979) debuted in 2010 as novelist at Prometheus publishing with the much praised De Eerste Hond In De Ruimte. Besides being a novelist, is editor of the literary foundation Perdu in Amsterdam, as well as coordinator of the online platform for literary criticism, De Reactor. He has published stories in the literary magazines DWB and nY, and in 2008 he published a collection of stories via his website entitled Zeg eens: wat in je mond ligt.
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Bart Van Loo
Bart Van Loo (1973) is a Flemish Francophile author. He also works for Knack magazine, is a member of the Board of PEN Vlaanderen and regularly appears in the media as an authority on France. His highly praised France trilogy (Parijs retour, Als kok in Frankrijk and O vermiljoenen spleet!) was published in 2011 for the first time in one hefty volume. In 2011 Van Loo’s most recent work was published: Chanson. Een gezongen geschiedenis van Frankrijk. The book is an original and entertaining alternative history of France using the most well-known French chansons.
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Chris Van Camp
Chris Van Camp (Antwerp, 1963) prefers to sum up her biography as: ‘she wrote everything she could get away with writing.’ Her columns were published by Van Halewijck as a collection entitled Wild camperen op maandag (2005). She also has a radio column on in Ramblas, a programme on Klara (the VRT’s classical station), various columns on blogs and in magazines and finally a column in Knack, a weekly current affairs magazine. Chartres has been close to her heart ever since she did research for a TV series on Europe’s greatest mysteries. What can old, hidden knowledge mean in our daily life? Can a labyrinth point the way to oneself?
