Dimitri Verhulst
(Belgium, 1972) has written an extensive body of novels, stories, novellas, poetry and plays. His work has been published in more than 20 languages. He is known for his sharp, humorous, and unvarnished writing style. His big breakthrough came in 2006 with The Misfortunates, an autobiographical sketch of a Flemish suburb that spawned a screen adaptation. Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol (Goddamned Days on a Goddamned Ball, 2008) depicts the history of mankind in 200 pages and won the Libris Literature Prize. De pruimenpluk (The Plum Harvest, 2019) is Verhulst's homage to failing humanity. Onze verslaggever in de leegte (Our Reporter in the Void, 2020) is a painfully honest book in the tradition of Jeroen Brouwers and Charles Bukowski, showing us a writer as he does not want to be seen. Recently published novels are Hebben en zijn (2022), about a rehab clinic to kick the habit of life, and Bechamel Mucho (2024), about Alex, an entertainer at a club hotel in Mallorca.
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Past events
On the Couch: Dimitri Verhulst as Dorian Gray
Psychiatrist Damiaan Denys invited writer Dimitri Verhulst onto his couch, as the protagonist of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Ghost Writing
Ahmad al-Aidi and Dimitri Verhulst wrote a story responding to existing images of fear of 'the Arab' or ‘the westerner’. Nelleke Noordervliet talks with them. Cartoonist Willem reacts on the stories. In English.
