Ester Naomi Perquin
Ester Naomi Perquin (Utrecht, 1980) is one of the Netherlands' most celebrated poets. She served as Poet Laureate of the Netherlands and has published several award-winning collections, translated into German (Elif Verlag) and English (White Pine Press). She also writes columns and essays. Before becoming a writer, she spent several years working as a prison guard — an experience that left its mark on her view of confinement, freedom, and the lives lived in between. Until Things Start to Slide is her debut novel.
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Her début, Servetten halfstok (Napkins at Half Mast, 2007), was followed by a second collection, Namens de ander (On Behalf of the Other; 2009), for which she was awarded the J.C. Bloem Prize. For both collections jointly she also received the prestigious Lucy B. and C.W. Van der Hoogt Prize. 2012 saw the appearance of her striking third collection Celinspecties (Cell Inspections).
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The poetry of Ester Naomi Perquin
Ester Naomi Perquin made her début in 2007, after completing the poetry course at Amsterdam Creative Writing School, with the collection 'Servetten halfstok' (Napkins at Half Mast), a series of striking, tasteful images presented in an accessible style.
Until Things Start to Slide
Long-awaited debut novel of one of the Netherlands’ most acclaimed poets