Lize Spit (born 1988, in Viersel) is a

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Belgian writer. Her first novel, ''Het smelt'', won several awards, including the ''De Bronzen Uil'' award, and has been translated into French. Her second novel, ''Ik ben er niet'', launched on 10 December 2020

Biography

Spit grew up in the Belgian

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region. She studied in Brussels at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS), where she was awarded a master's degree in scriptwriting. In 2013, she won the ''Write Now!'' award. After having written her first novel ''Het smelt'', she won the ''De Bronzen Uil'' award for this book in 2016. After gaining popularity with this book, she became a columnist for the

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newspaper until 2017. In 2023, actress

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adapted ''Het smelt'' into a film of the same name, starring Charlotte De Bruyne and Rosa Marchant.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spit, Lize 1988 births Living people 20th-century Belgian writers 21st-century Belgian women