Henk van der Waal

Henk van der Waal (born 1960) is a Dutch poet.
Early life.
Van der Waal studied philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.
Career.
Van der Waal has worked as a journalist, a translator and as a teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
In 1996, he won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for his debut poetry collection "De windsels van de sfinx" (1995). His second poetry collection "Schuldsanering" (2000) was nominated for the Paul Snoek-poëzieprijs. He was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs in 2004 for his poetry collection "De aantochtster" (2003).
In 2012, he won the Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs for his poetry collection "Zelf worden". The collection was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs.
Van der Waal and Erik Lindner wrote the book "De kunst van het dichten", a collection of essays and conversations with other poets, including Nachoem Wijnberg, Anneke Brassinga and Anne Vegter. Van der Waal also published "Liefdesgeschiedenissen" in 1991, a Dutch translation of the work "Histoires d'amour" (1983) by Bulgarian-French philosopher Julia Kristeva. He has also translated works of Maurice Blanchot, Paul Auster and Hans Faverey.