Hugo Borst (born 15 June 1962,

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writer, editor, TV personality and critic (best known for his

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critiques).

Career

Borst finished school when he was 18, the so-called havo. Although he never played professional football, he became a journalist for the magazine ''

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'' in 1985. After working for ''Voetbal International'' for six years he started to write for another magazine, ''

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''. He did that for three years only. He now writes columns for the ''

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'' (mostly about Football) as well for the magazine ''

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'', about love and sex. He also is one of the main editors for the soccermagazine '' Hard Gras''. Borst also appeared on Dutch television. An avid

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supporter, he was a regular guest in the soccer discussion program ''

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'' as well as regular guest in the current affairs program ''

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''. He also presented his own television program, '' Over Vaders en Zonen''. In this show Borst examines issues of raising

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children, a topic to which he was drawn due to his experiences with his own autistic son. In 2011, Borst ceased all writing and television activities, claiming he was mentally exhausted. During the 2014 World Cup Borst is appearing on Nederland 1's "Studio Brasil" as a pundit.

Books

*''De Coolsingel bleef leeg'' (1996) *''Over vaders en zonen'' (2005) *''Het grote, gezellige voetbalquizboek voor het hele gezin'' (2006) *''Over lust en liefde. Verhaaltjes voor het slapengaan (als men niets beters te doen heeft natuurlijk)'' (2007) *''Schieten op Volkert van der G. De beste voetbalverhalen'' (2008) *''Over vaders en zonen. Een controversieel verhaal over de verboden liefde tussen een vader en zijn zoon'' (2008) *''Alle ballen op Heintje'' (2009) *''Waarom ik zo van Sparta hou'' (2010) *''Kappen'' (2011) *''O, Louis'' (2014) *''Ma. Hugo Borst over zijn dementerende moeder.'' (2015) *''Ach, moedertje. Vervolg op het boek Ma.'' (2017)

References

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