Occupation Writer Name Saskia Coster Language Dutch Role Writer | Nationality Belgian Partner Inge Jooris Books Held | |
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Education Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | ||
Notable awards Cutting Edge Award | ||
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Saskia De Coster (born 1976) is a Belgian writer. Her work has been published in literary magazines and she also writes screenplays and novels. De Coster has also been cited as an up-and-coming author. Saskia de Coster has published six books as of 19 April 2013
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- Tv brussel dit is van mij saskia de coster
- Work
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- Controversy
- Publications
- Recognition
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Work
De Coster made her debut in 2000, with her first book, called Under Each Other, a collection of dark tales about the disintegration of an unusual family. Under Each Other appeared in the "Nieuw Wereldtijdschrift (NWT)".
In 2002, at the age of 26, Saskia De Coster published her debut novel, Vrije Val (Free Fall). Besides novels, De Coster also writes columns (among other things for the Flemish newspaper De Morgen). She is on the editorial staff of Dietsche Warande en Belfort, a literary magazine. In late 2009, she replaced Aaf Brandt Corstius as a daily columnist for nrc.next newspaper.
De Coster is also a visual artist. She works with video art, writes for theatre and writes lyrics for musicians such as Daan Stuyven and Dez Mona. Saskia De Coster regularly collaborates with visual artists such as video artist Nicolas Rombouts, artist Eric Joris of CREW (Performance Group) and artist Arne Quinze. Arne Quinze invited the author Saskia De Coster to capture the alienation which his monumental work Rock Strangers (Oostende) exude as well as the intimacy of My Secret Garden (Kunsthal Rotterdam) in contemporary stories and distinctive film footage.
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Controversy
On 20 September 2008, Saskia De Coster wrote a letter to a national newspaper, De Standaard, posing as the former chairman of the Boerenbond, a farmer organization. In this letter, she denounces the values and the interests of the organization. An investigation revealed that the mail was sent from the offices of the local Green party.