Eriek Verpale

Eric Verpaele (Zelzate, 2 February 1952 – Ertvelde, 10 August 2015) pseudonym Eriek Verpale was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an editor of the magazine Koebel, several literary magazines and the Belgisch-Israëlitisch Weekblad (E: Belgian-Israeli Weekly).[1]

Eriek Verpale, in 1989.

He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in Polder- en andere gedichten (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of jiddisch Polish-Jewish ancestry, and the chasidic and Eastern European literature play an important role in his work.

Bibliography

  • De rabbi en andere verhalen (1975)
  • Polder- en andere gedichten (1975)
  • Voor een simpel ogenblik maar ... (1976)
  • Een meisje uit Odessa (1979)
  • Op de trappen van Algiers (1980)
  • Alles in het klein (1990)
  • Onder vier ogen (1992)
  • Olivetti 82 (1993)
  • Nachten van Beiroet (1994)
  • De patatten zijn geschild (1995)
  • Grasland (1996)
  • Gitta (1997)
  • Katse nachten (2000)

See also

BERNARD, a feature film made of the monologue Olivetti 82 can be freely watched at www.BernardFilm.com

Sources


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