Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby

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, where he became city poet (2005–2006). He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like '' De Morgen'' and published several novels: * ''Marcel'' (1999) – * ''My Fellow Skin'' – * ''Shutter Speed'' – * '' While the Gods Were Sleeping'' (2008) Collections of his poetry were published from 2001 on. Among the literary prizes awarded to Mortier there are debut prizes in Belgium and in the Netherlands for ''Marcel'', in 2002 the C. Buddingh' prize for his debut in poetry, and in 2009 the AKO Literatuurprijs for ''While the Gods Were Sleeping''. Mortier came out of the closet with ''A plea for sinning'', a collection of essays (2003).BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: How to be as immodest as possible
at Other non-fiction included ''Evenings on the Estate: Travelling with Gerard Reve'' (2007), and ''A farewell to Congo: Back to the equator with Jef Geeraerts'' (2010). He translated war prose by Ellen N. La Motte, Mary Borden and Enid Bagnold in Dutch, and produced the first Dutch translation of Virginia Woolf's '' Between the Acts''.

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Author's website
(Partly in English) *
Under the skin of an awkward awakening
book review of ''My Fellow Skin'' by Kathleen Marshall, in '' Scotland on Sunday'', 2 November 2003 *
Memories made flesh
" by AS Byatt in ''

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'', 22 November 2003 (on ''My Fellow Skin'')
Shutterspeed cover art and synopsis

"While the Gods Were Sleeping"
at OverDrive.com *
A Letter to the lad I used to be - Online Essay by Erwin Mortier
at Upcoming4.me {{DEFAULTSORT:Mortier, Erwin 1965 births Living people Belgian non-fiction writers Belgian male novelists 20th-century Belgian novelists 21st-century Belgian novelists Flemish poets Gay poets Gay novelists War writers Belgian gay writers Belgian LGBTQ poets Belgian LGBTQ novelists 20th-century Belgian male writers 21st-century Belgian male writers C. Buddingh' Prize winners Belgian male non-fiction writers