Rita Demeester
Rita Bertha Maria Demeester (26 September 1946 – 29 January 1993) was a Belgian poet and writer.
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Rita Demeester
- Name
- Rita Demeester
- Birth Name
- Rita Bertha Maria Demeester
- Born
- 26 September 1946
- Birthplace
- Roeselare, Belgium
- Died
- 29 January 1993
- Place of death
- Genk, Belgium
- Occupation
- poet, writer
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Education
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Honours
- New Prose prize
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Rita Bertha Maria Demeester (26 September 1946 – 29 January 1993) was a Belgian poet and writer.
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Rita Demeester (1946–1993) was a Belgian poet and writer. Born in Roeselare, the poet died in Genk. Rita Demeester studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The poet received New Prose prize.
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• Name — Rita Demeester • Birth Name — Rita Bertha Maria Demeester • Born — 26 September 1946 • Birthplace — Roeselare, Belgium • Died — 29 January 1993 • Place of death — Genk, Belgium • Occupation — poet, writer
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She was born at Roeselare. She obtained a degree in social pedagogy from the Catholic University of Leuven. She worked as an educationalist, but started writing when she became unemployed in 1986. Demeester died at Genk in 1993.
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1946
Rita Demeester was born on 26 September 1946.
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Rita Demeester died on 29 January 1993.
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• 1989 - Rabobank Lenteprijs voor Literatuur for In het spoor van Jim Morrison
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- 1988 - Krappe herinnering
- 1988 - Vrouwentongen. Verhalen, essays en reisreportages (works of 11 Flemish female writers, composed by Veerle Weverbergh) ( )
- 1989 - Stampvoeten in het donker (verhalen) ( ) ( )
- 1991 - Droomjager (verhalen) ( ) ( )
- 1994 - Land van Belofte (verhalen) ( ) ( )
- 1995 - Verzamelde werken ( ) ( )
- Rita Demeester in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
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