He is the author of both study books as well as fiction (poetry, plays). Since 2001 he has been working at the Flemish Ministery of Education and Training and is a staff member of CANON CULTURAL UNIT, which is part of the Flemish Agency for Educational Communication and aims to build bridges between culture and education. He is responsible for media and intercultural education, project leader of INgeBEELD and the Days of Literature Education. Dirk Terryn (right), after receiving his prizes from Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz from the European Commission (left)