Herman Leenders

Herman Leenders (born 10 May 1960) is a Flemish writer and poet.

Early life

Leenders was born in 1960 in Bruges. He studied German studies at the Catholic University of Leuven. In the years that followed he published various other poetry collections: Landlopen (1995), Speelgoed (2000), Vervalsingen (2008) and Dat is wij (2013).

Leenders also won the Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen for his collection of stories Het mennegat (1994).

He made his debut as novelist with the novel De echtbreukeling (2005). His next novel God speelt drieband was published in 2017.

Leenders' work is published by Dutch publishing company De Arbeiderspers.

Awards

1990: Prijs van de stad Harelbeke 1993: C. Buddingh'-prijs (Ogentroost) 1993: Hugues C. Pernath-prijs (Ogentroost) 1995: Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen (Ogentroost) 1997: Prijs van de Provincie West-Vlaanderen (Het mennegat)