See also Frank Adams (disambiguation)

Frank Adams (disambiguation)

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Frank Adam (August 18, 1968, Bruges

Bruges

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) is a Flemish

Flanders

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 author

Author

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, mostly writing plays

Play (theatre)

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 and philosophical works. He began writing in 1992. He is a member of the editorial team of the Dutch-language literary periodical De Brakke Hond and is a teacher at the writers academy in Bruges.

Adam studied Arabic, Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

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, Germanic languages

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, and literature

Literature

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Career

He began his writing career in 2001 with the book Waarom ik altijd née zeg ("Why I always say no") to answer his son Dante. His 2002 book, Mijn mond eet graag spinazie maar ik niet ("My mouth eats spinach alright, but not me") looks through a child's eyes at the bizarre world of grown ups. This book was also turned into a children's play. De passie van de puber ("The passion of a teenager") received the Knokke-Heist

Knokke-Heist

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 prize for best children's book of 2006.

Published works

• Waarom ik altijd née zeg (2001, Querido)
• Mijn mond eet graag spinazie maar ik niet (2002, Querido)
• Vensters, uitzichten op poëzie en muziek (2002, Davidsfonds/Infodok)
• Het grote Zwinvoorleesboek (2004, Davidsfonds/Infodok)
• Wakitchaga : de dood is een jager (1992, De Geus) - children's play
• Waterman (1993, De Geus) - Novel for adults
• Sjirk, boek aan de Hebreeën (1999, De arbeiderspers) - Novel for adults
• Wat de ezel zag / Klaas Verplancke (ill.) (2003, Davidsfonds/Infodok)
• De passie van de puber (2006, Davidsfonds/Infodok)
• De Caïro Cahiers (2007, Davidsfonds/Literair)
• Confidenties aan een ezelsoor deel twee: De Wereld (2007, Davidsfonds/Infodok)

External links

Adam's websiteInterview by Stadsomroep Brugge