Erik Menkveld Explained

Erik Menkveld
Birth Name:Erik Jan Willem Menkveld
Birth Date:1959 4, df=y
Birth Place:Eindhoven, Netherlands
Death Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Occupation:Poet

Erik Jan Willem Menkveld (25 April 1959 – 30 March 2014) was a Dutch poet.

Early life

Menkveld was born as only child in 1959 in Eindhoven.[1] [2]

Career

Between 1987 and 1998 he worked at publishing company De Bezige Bij.[1] In 1995, he published Achter het behang, a Dutch translation of the German work Der kleine Erziehungsberater by Axel Hacke.[1] In the same year he also published Koebeest en vrouwdier.

Menkveld made his debut with poetry collection De karpersimulator (1997) which was published by De Bezige Bij.[3] He won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut but did not receive the award as Menkveld was working at Poetry International at the time, the organisation behind the award.[4] Menkveld also won the Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs for De karpersimulator.[5] In 1998 he was also nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize for this debut.[4]

His second poetry collection Schapen nu! was published by De Bezige Bij in 2001 and his third poetry collection Prime time followed in 2005, this time published by Van Oorschot.[3] For Schapen nu! he was nominated for the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs as well as the J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs.[1]

In 2008, he was one of the nominees to become Dichter des Vaderlands, an unofficial title for the poet laureate of the Netherlands, along with Hagar Peeters, Joke van Leeuwen and Ramsey Nasr.[6]

In 2012, he won the Academica Literatuurprijs for his novel Het grote zwijgen (2011).[6]

Personal life

Menkveld was married to Maria Vlaar.

Death

Menkveld died of cardiac arrest in 2014 in Amsterdam.[1] [6] He is buried at Zorgvlied.

Awards

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erik Menkveld: biografie. Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315124026/https://www.kb.nl/themas/nederlandse-poezie/moderne-nederlandse-dichters/erik-menkveld/erik-menkveld-biografie. Dutch. live.
  2. Web site: Erik Jan Willem Menkveld - Eindhoven 25 april 1959 - Amsterdam 30 maart 2014. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315170909/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa004201701_01/_jaa004201701_01_0012.php. Dutch. live.
  3. Web site: De gedichten van Erik Menkveld 1997 - 2005. Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315123144/https://www.kb.nl/themas/nederlandse-poezie/moderne-nederlandse-dichters/erik-menkveld/1-zeer-bepaald-maar-willekeurig-zand. Dutch. live.
  4. Web site: Winnaar Menkveld krijgt geen prijs. 15 June 1998. NRC. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315080231/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1998/06/15/winnaar-menkveld-krijgt-geen-prijs-7403125-a851199. Dutch. live.
  5. Web site: Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt-prijs 1999. Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315170005/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa003199901_01/_jaa003199901_01_0015.php. Dutch. live.
  6. Web site: Dichter en schrijver Erik Menkveld (1959) overleden. 31 March 2014. NRC. 15 March 2019. 15 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315083938/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/03/31/dichter-en-schrijver-erik-menkveld-overleden-a1467548. Dutch. Roderick. Nieuwenhuis. live.

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