Paul Bogaert
(Belgium, 1968)
Paul Bogaert debuted in 1996 with the collection of poems, WELCOME HYGIENE, featuring verses full of bizarre logic and a carefully measured mixture of style and linguistic registers. His restless first person narrator is plagued with over-awareness; the way he analyses himself and others creates an alienating effect. The same rousing mental and physical sensations surface once more in the volume, Circulaire systemen (Circular systems, 2002).
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In this second collection, Bogaert examines his fascination for all things that rotate. A closed, circular system generates security, but also discomfort. In an aloof, pseudo-scientific tone he creates poetic language machines, as it were, in which the ordinary is contrasted with the systematic. In the space of a couple of years and with just four collections of poems, Bogaert has proved himself one of the most striking voices among young Flemish poets. In 2006, his third collection of poems, AUB (PLEASE), was published. Paul Bogaert wrote in 2008 the National Poetry Day essay Verwondingen (Injuries), wherein he tries to explain the secrets of poetry through the Serbian contribution of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Last updated: Aug 11, 2009
Selected bibliography
Poetry
WELCOME HYGIENE, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam,1996
Toespraak (Speech), DRUKsel, Amsterdam, 1998
Circulaire systemen (Circular systems), Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 2002
AUB (PLEASE), Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp, 2006
De Slalom soft, Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp, 2009
Translations
German translations appeared in Schreibheft (2004) and in Zwischen den Zeilen: Eine Zeitschrift für Gedichte und ihre Poetiek (2008, nr. 28)
French translations appeared in Bloum à Bruxelles: promenades littéraires (Le Castor Astral, Bordeaux, 2000), Le verre est un liquide lent: 33 poètes néerlandais (Farrago, Paris, 2003), Littérature en Flandre: 33 auteurs contemporains (Le Castor Astral, Bordeaux, 2003), and the periodicals Poésie (2003) and Action Poétique (2006)
Literary prizes
Provincial Prize for Literature (1997)
Hugues C. Pernathprijs (nomination, 2003)
Flemish Culture Prize Poetry (nomination, 2007)
Links
The works of Paul Bogaert are published by Meulenhoff.
The personal website of Paul Bogaert.
Paul Bogaert on Lyrikline.
Poetry
WELCOME HYGIENE, Meulenhoff, Amsterdam,1996
Toespraak (Speech), DRUKsel, Amsterdam, 1998
Circulaire systemen (Circular systems), Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 2002
AUB (PLEASE), Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp, 2006
De Slalom soft, Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp, 2009
Translations
German translations appeared in Schreibheft (2004) and in Zwischen den Zeilen: Eine Zeitschrift für Gedichte und ihre Poetiek (2008, nr. 28)
French translations appeared in Bloum à Bruxelles: promenades littéraires (Le Castor Astral, Bordeaux, 2000), Le verre est un liquide lent: 33 poètes néerlandais (Farrago, Paris, 2003), Littérature en Flandre: 33 auteurs contemporains (Le Castor Astral, Bordeaux, 2003), and the periodicals Poésie (2003) and Action Poétique (2006)
Literary prizes
Provincial Prize for Literature (1997)
Hugues C. Pernathprijs (nomination, 2003)
Flemish Culture Prize Poetry (nomination, 2007)
Links
The works of Paul Bogaert are published by Meulenhoff.
The personal website of Paul Bogaert.
Paul Bogaert on Lyrikline.