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Geert van Istendael

Geert van Istendael
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Writer, poet and essayist Geert van Istendael in 2017.
Born
Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael

29 March 1947
NationalityBelgium
Occupationwriter

Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the pseudonym of Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael, a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. 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.[1]

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

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