Thomas Verbogt

(Nijmegen, 1952) studied Dutch at the Catholic University Nijmegen and was, together with like-minded spirits, present at the birth of the popular literary magazine De Schans. He has published amongst other things 'De Feestavond' (The gala night)(1981), 'Nijlpaard in bad' (Hippopotamus in the bath) (1988), 'De man bij een meer' (The man at the lake) (1992) en 'Onze dagen' (Our days) (2001). Verbogt is a permanent member of staff of VPRO'S radio programme De Avonden. He is also a columnist for the magazine HP/De Tijd and the daily newspaper De Gelderlander, writes about literature for the newspaper Het Parool and publishes regularly in the magazine Hollands Maandblad. Alongside all this he is kept busy as a playwright.
Source: VPRO 2004