Jeroen Theunissen
Year of birth: 1977
Place of birth: Ghent
lives in Ghent
Slovene Writers' Association Apartment
01. May 2010 -
31. May 2010
Borderland House
01. October 2010 -
31. October 2010
Amsterdam: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2004
Thuisverlangen
Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2005
Het einde
Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2006
Een vorm van vermoeidheid
Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2008
Het zit zo
Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2009
The Distance (Radio-Book)
Produced and broadcasted by Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Jeroen Theunissen is a Belgian (Flemish) writer. He was born in Ghent in 1977 and still lives and works there today. His work consists of novels, poetry, and essays. Since 2004 he has published three novels: "De onzichtbare" (The Invisible), "Het einde" (The End) and "Een vorm van vermoeidheid" (A Form of Tiredness). He has also published two collections of poetry, "Thuisverlangen" (Homesick) and "Het zit zo" (So it is). From 2004 to 2008 he was a member of the important Flemish literary magazine yang, and he is a collaborator of the Flemish partner of PEN International.
His work, which has received excellent reviews, focuses on the position of people in their twenties and thirties in today’s society. It combines existentialism and romanticism with a critical look on the globalizing world. His fourth novel, a satire on the phenomenon of reality television, will appear in the spring of 2010.
Thanks to the HALMA grant you can read sample translations of Jeroen Theunissen's writing in Polish (1 | 2).
The HALMA grant was made possible by funding of the European Commission.
