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Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005-2006).〔(Erwin Mortier wordt nieuwe stadsdichter ) ''Het Nieuwsblad'' 14 January 2005〕 He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like ''De Morgen'' and published several novels: * ''Marcel'' (1999) - ISBN 2-213-61352-4 * ''My Fellow Skin'' - ISBN 1-84343-046-0 * ''Shutter Speed'' - ISBN 1-84343-172-6 * ''While the Gods Were Sleeping'' (2008) Collections of his poetry were published from 2001 on. Among the literary prizes awarded to Mortier there are debut prizes in Belgium and in the Netherlands for ''Marcel'', in 2002 the C. Buddingh' prize for his debut in poetry,〔(C. BUDDINGH PRIZE — Sinds 1988 ) Poetry International Rotterdam: "2002 - Erwin Mortier met ''Vergeten licht''"〕 and in 2009 the AKO Literatuurprijs for ''While the Gods Were Sleeping''.〔 Mortier came out of the closet with ''A plea for sinning'', a collection of essays (2003).〔(BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: How to be as immodest as possible ) at 〕 Other non-fiction included ''Evenings on the Estate: Travelling with Gerard Reve'' (2007), and ''A farewell to Congo: Back to the equator with Jef Geeraerts'' (2010). He translated war prose by Ellen N. La Motte, Mary Borden and Enid Bagnold in Dutch, and produced the first Dutch translation of Virginia Woolf's ''Between the Acts''. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erwin Mortier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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