Ester Naomi Perquin
Ester Naomi Perquin is a Dutch poet.
Early life and education
Ester Naomi Perquin was born in 1980 in Utrecht and grew up in Zierikzee.She worked in the prison service to pay for her studies at the school of creative writing in Amsterdam.
Career
Perquin was editor for the literary journal Tirade and wrote a column for the weekly De Groene Amsterdammer. She was also the city poet for Rotterdam for two years.Her first collection of poetry Servetten Halfstok was published in 2007. This was followed by Namens de ander in 2009.
Her third collection, Celinspecties, was published in 2012.
Recognition and awards
- 2010: Anna Blaman Prijs
- 2010: Jo Peters Poetry Prize, for Namens de Ander
- 2011: J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs
- 2011:, for her first two collections
- 2012: VSB Poetry Prize, for Celinspecties
- 2017: Elected Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands