Annelies Verbeke

Annelies Verbeke (born 6 February 1976) is a Belgian author who writes in Dutch. She made her name with the novel Slaap! (Sleep!) which has been translated into several languages.

Biography Verbeke studied language and literature at Ghent University before attending a scriptwriting course in Brussels.

A more recent international success has been Vissen redden (Saving Fish, 2009), also translated into several languages including German and Danish.

Selected works Novels (2003) Slaap! (Sleep!) (2006) Reus (Giant) (2009) Vissen redden (Saving Fish) (2015) Dertig dagen (Thirty Days)

Short story collections (2007) Groener Gras (Greener Grass) (2012) Veronderstellingen (Presuppositions)

Other works (2013) Tirol inferno (Tirol Inferno), prose poem (2014) Onvoltooid landschap (Unfinished Landscape), short story

Plays (2009) Stukken (Pieces) (2010) Rail Gourmet (Rail Gourmet) (2010) Almschi (2012) Flow My Tears