Poet
Marc Kregting
Marc Kregting
(The Netherlands, 1965)
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Biography
On his blog, Marc Kregting, born in Breda in 1965, introduces himself as follows: ‘Marc Kregting was born, had to go to school at a certain point and that’s how it went on.’ He doesn’t add that he studied Dutch language and literature or worked in domiciliary care. His ‘and that’s how it went on’, emphasises that family and education are moulds which give everyone predictable identities.
Kregting does list his published books in his ‘autobiography’, but there are no author portraits on their jackets. In so doing, he withdraws from the mores of literary publishing, in which the personality cult of the writer is more important than his or her texts. It is often noted in introductions that Kregting has worked an editor. Analysing the operations of the business many writers belong to is a necessity. And it is just as necessary for Kregting to explore the other institutions which determine the significance of social and private life. Escape is only possible if one knows the terrain.
His writing is directed at the development of this kind of knowledge, whether in poetry, prose, essays or blogs. In addition he expands each of the genres through a mix of genre-specific techniques and cross-referencing. In so doing, he achieves a dynamic style which binds his name and his work together inseparably. Marc Kregting was a guest at the 41st Poetry International Festival. This text was written for that occasion.
Selected bibliography
Poetry
Kopstem: gedichten / Stopnaald: verhalen (Kopstem: poems / Stopnaald: stories), Prometheus, Amsterdam, 1997
Hakkel je, hakkel je (You stammer, you stammer), Prometheus, Amsterdam, 2000
Dood vogeltje (Dead little bird), Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, 2006
Zoem! (Buzz!), Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, 2009
Koffie; een doeboek, Wereldbibliotheek. Amsterdam, 2013
Onze Nietzsche, Epo, Antwerpen, 2014
Prose
Punt, Vrijdag, Antwerpen, 2015
De Ware Marsrichting, Het Balanseer, Aalst, 2017
Literary Essays
Laden En Lossen, Vantilt, Nijmegen, 2007
Zilverlingen, Epo, Antwerp, 2019
Links
Marc Kregting’s blog
Poems
Poems of Marc Kregting
Sponsors
Partners
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