Belgian poet, novelist and art critic (born 1935)
Willem Maurits Roggeman (born Brussels, 9 July 1935) is a Belgian poet, novelist and art critic.
Career.
Brussels-born Willem Roggeman attended the Etterbeek Royal Atheneum and then studied economics at Ghent University. His journalistic career began in 1959 when he became cultural editor of "Het Laatste Nieuws", where he published articles on literature, visual arts and jazz. Between 1981 and 1993 he was deputy director and acting director of the Flemish Cultural Centre "De Brakke Grond" in Amsterdam, where he organized exhibitions of important Flemish artists and literary evenings with Flemish and Dutch authors. From 1982 to 1989, and again from 2006, he served as president of the Louis Paul Boon Society. He has also worked on the editorial boards of the literary magazines "Diagram" (1963-1964), "Kentering" (1966-1976), "De Vlaamse Gids" (1970-1992), "Atlantis" (2001-2002) and "Boelvaar Poef" (since 2006). In 1988 he was awarded the Order of Leopold II for his cultural work.
Roggeman received his first poetry award when he was 21 and a number of others have followed. His poetry up to 1985 was collected in "Memoires" and a further comprehensive selection appeared in "De tijd hapert in de spiegel" (2000). His poetry has been widely translated and he is a regular guest at international poetry festivals. He has also published two novels as well as several collections of articles on artists and highly regarded interviews with writers.
1963: Dirk Martens Prize of the city of Aalst for the poetry collection "Baudelaire verliefd". 
1974: The Louis Paul Boon Prize 
1975: Prize of the city of Brussels for "Sneeuwblindheid".
1997: Premio Internazionale di Poesia Riccardo Marchi Torre for the poetry collection "L'Invenzione della tenerezza" 
2007: Premio Tratti for the Italian translation of "Blue Notebook" 
2010: Zeist (NL) Literature Prize for his poem "Lichaamstaal" 
2012: Dilbeek Culture Prize, in conjunction with the publication of "Hier wonen de wolken"
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