Bart Moeyaert

Bart Peter Boudewijn Moeyaert (born 9 June 1964) is a Belgian writer.

Early life Moeyaert was born in 1964 in Bruges as the youngest of seven brothers. He is named after the character Bartje in the book series by Anne de Vries and after Baudouin of Belgium (Boudewijn).

Career

Writing Moeyaert made his debut in 1983 with the book Duet met valse noten.

In 1992, he won the Boekenleeuw award for his book Kus me and in 1993 he won the Prijs van de Provincie Antwerpen and the Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen awards for this book.

Moeyaert's work has been translated into numerous languages.

Children's literature

In 2001 he was awarded the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs for his book Broere. The book is a collection of short stories about himself, his brothers, his parents and his childhood. The jury praised Moeyaert for combining autobiographical elements with childhood reflections and a dose of irony. The first edition of the book consisted of 31 stories; this grew to 42 stories in the second edition (2002) and to 49 stories in the third edition (2017).

In 2001, he also won the Gouden Uil for the book Luna van de boom with Gerda Dendooven and Filip Bral.

In 2006, he won the 2005 Nienke van Hichtum-prijs for his book Dani Bennoni. The jury praised Moeyaert for his "compressed and musical literary language" as well as his ability to "put complex relationships under the loupe" without "drawing easy lines between good and evil".

In 2019, he also won the Zilveren Griffel award for the book Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry.

In 2020, he was on the shortlist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for the third time but he did not win the award.

Poetry

In 2003, he made his debut as poet with Verzamel de liefde. Some of these poems are also on public display, including in the Permeke Library and the Vlaamse Opera.