Anne Vegter

Early life

Vegter attended a gymnasium in Drachten and Epe. In 1991, she was nominated for the AKO-Literatuurprijs for her children's book Verse bekken! which was also illustrated by Ten Bosch. Both sisters participated in the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 2007 to exhibit their illustrations in this book.

In 1991, Vegter published her first poetry book Het veerde. The play was published as a book in 2009.

Vegter became the poet of the city of Rotterdam in January 2021. In 2022, she won the Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs for her work Big data.

Dichter des Vaderlands

From 31 January 2013 (Gedichtendag 2013) until 29 January 2017 she held the position of Dichter des Vaderlands. Vegter became the first woman to hold this position. as Dichter des Vaderlands were published in Wat helpt is een wonder (2017). These poems discuss various topics of national importance including the inauguration of Willem-Alexander in 2013, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 and the death of Johan Cruyff in 2016.

Inspiration

In 2016, she mentioned The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Turks Fruit by Jan Wolkers as sources of inspiration. She also expressed admiration for the work of Armando.

Publications

De dame en de neushoorn (1989) Verse bekken! (1990) Het veerde (1991) Ongekuiste versies (1994) Het recht op fatsoen (1996) Harries hoofdingang (1999) Hondenvoer voor sociologen (1999) Lees je beter! (2001) Aandelen en obligaties (2002) Sprookjes van de planeet aarde (2006) Spamfighter (2007) Eiland berg gletsjer (2011) Wat helpt is een wonder (2017) Ik hier jij daar (2017, with Ghayath Almadhoun) Big data (2019)