Saskia De Coster
Saskia de Coster AJ (born 1976 in Leuven ) is a Belgian writer.
Life
De Coster began to write early, winning eleven years a national writing contest and the 1989 competition "Junior Journalist". From 1994 to 1998 she studied Germanic Languages at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1999 and made in Vancouver a Masters in Literature.
In 2000 her first book " Onder Elkaar " appeared. In addition, she has worked as a visual and video artist. 2002 followed her debut novel with the novel " Vrije val". In the same year she was by the Dutch De Brakke Hond literary magazine in the anthology " Mooie jonge dogs: nieuw Vlaams Literair talent" was added.
De Coster has worked as a journalist for De Morgen, and writes texts for theater and bands. She is on the editorial board of the literary magazine DWB. With Arno Geens she designed in 2007 a crosswalk in Hasselt, titled " Oversteekplaats voor huisdieren ", the text passages in black on the white strip contains.
De Coster was honored by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven with the Interuniversitaire Literaire Prijs. She was nominated for the BNG Literatuurprijs 2006 and 2007 and the SABAMprijs 2008. For her novel Dit is van Mij she was nominated for the Gouden Uil literary prize.
20 September 2008 De Standaard published a letter to the editor of the former chairman of the Boerenbond, Noël Devisch, was expressed in the criticism of a contribution from the Acting Chairman, Piet Vanthemsche, about meat production and consumption. De Coster later admitted that the letter was not written by Devisch, but from her. The article was meant as a joke and it is not assumed that the letter would actually be attributed Devisch. Devisch sued de Coster and De Standaard ended the cooperation with de Coster, who wrote a monthly column for the newspaper at that time.
Works
- Vrije Val ( 2002)
- Jeuk (2004)
- Eeuwige Roem (2006)
- Hero ( 2007)
- Dit is van Mij (2009)