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Eric Verpaele
Eriek Verpale (photo Michiel Hendryckx [nl])

Eric Verpaele (Zelzate, 2 February 1952 – Ertvelde, 10 August 2015), pseudonym: Eriek Verpale) was a Belgian writer. He attended a boarding school in Oostakker and studied Germanic and Slavic philology at the University of Ghent. He was an editor of the magazine Koebel, several literary magazines and the Belgisch-Israëlitisch Weekblad (transl.Belgian-Israeli Weekly).

He made his literary debut as a poet with neoromantic poems in Polder- en andere gedichten (1975). His maternal great-grandmother was of jiddisch Polish-Jewish ancestry, and the chasidic and Eastern European literature play an important role in his work.

See also

  • Flemish literature
  • Bernard, a feature film made of the monologue "Olivetti" 82 can be freely watched online.
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