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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).
He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in ''Polder- en andere gedichten'' (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of
Eriek Verpale
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).
He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in ''Polder- en andere gedichten'' (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of jiddisch
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
Polish- Jewish ancestry, and the chasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
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
* Flemish literature * ''Bernard'', a feature film made of the monologue "Olivetti" 82 can be freely watched online.Sources
Eriek Verpale
Eriek Verpale
External links
* 1952 births 2015 deaths Belgian people of Polish-Jewish descent Flemish poets 20th-century Belgian poets People from Zelzate {{Belgium-writer-stub