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Bart Chabot
Bart Chabot (2010)
Born	Bartholomeus Antonius Wilhelmus Chabot (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954 (age 70) The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation(s)	Poet and writer
Notable work	Broodje Gezond (1996)

Bart Chabot (born 26 September 1954) is a Dutch writer and poet.

Biography

Chabot went to the University of Leiden to study Dutch language and literature. During that period, he befriended the artists and drug users Jules Deelder and Herman Brood. Chabot's parents thoroughly disapproved. Soon after, Chabot decided to abandon his studies. In 1979, he made his debut as a poet with Als u zó gaat beginnen followed by Popcorn in 1981. Chabot did not want to cater to the world of literary critics, and attempted to write poetry everybody could understand with references to McDonalds, supermarkets, and rock-and-roll. Of his 1993 poetry collection Genadebrood, a reviewer in World Literature Today noted Chabot's cynical philosophy and commented on the depressing nature of many of the poems.

In 1996, Chabot wrote his first biography called Broodje gezond (Healthy sandwich) about Herman Brood. The book became a bestseller selling 50,000 copies by 2003, and received sequels as Broodje halfom (2001), Brood en spelen (2002) en Broodje springlevend (2003). In 2007, Chabot received the Johnny van Doorn Prize for literature. The biography even received critical acclaim from Arjan Peters of de Volkskrant for showing the degeneration of the elderly rock and roll singer while keeping a good sense of humour. The critic did show his prejudice for having to write about a common subject.

In 2014, Chabot composed the Grand Dictation of the Dutch Language which was an annual spelling contest organised by De Morgen, de Volkskrant and NTR. Chabot was a prominent participant in the previous editions of the spelling contest, and wanted to make it more accessible to normal people using familiar words. In 2020, Chabot published Mijn vaders hand, about his youth. Hebban expected a gloomy book, but Chabot's cynical irony managed to make them laugh once in a while. Hebban did question the commercial motivation of a television personality writing about his youth. Carel Peeters of Vrij Nederland observed that Chabot is always somewhere else, and that triggered him to go beyond acceptable and normal patterns.

Chabot is also a columnist for Oor and Playboy, and a television personality making frequent appearances on Pauw & Witteman and Barend & Van Dorp.

In 1989, Chabot embarked on a theatre tour with Remco Campert and Jan Mulder. In 1999 he decided to go on the road again this time with Jules Deelder and Herman Brood.

In autumn 2006, Chabot participated in the television program De Slimste Mens, which aimed to find the smartest person in a group of celebrities. Chabot won.

Family

Bart Chabot married Yolanda in 1987. The couple has four sons whom he taught to write. "Writing starts with empathy, you don't put yourself in the centre, but the world around you," according to Bart. The writing muse got passed on, and Sebastiaan and Splinter are columnists in their own right. Splinter had even gone beyond that, and has, after graduating from the University of Amsterdam, become a television presenter for NPO 3.

Works

References

1. ^ "Bart Chabot". Studium Generale University of Utrecht (in Dutch). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
2. "Een leven lang drugs: hoe Deelder nog steeds leeft (translation:A life of drug use: how did Deelder manage to keep alive". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
3. Blok, Gemma (2017). "'We the Avant-Garde'. A History from Below of Dutch Heroin Use in the 1970s" (PDF). BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review. 132: 104. doi:10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10312.
4. "Ouders Bart Chabot keurden zijn vriendschap met Jules Deelder af". nu.nl (in Dutch). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
5. ^ Scheulderman, Antoinnette (31 January 2020). "Mijn jeugd werd een slagveld. Ik dwarrelde in stukjes en stukken uit elkaar". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
6. ^ "Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I)". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
7. Bakker, Martinus Arnoud. "Genadebrood by Bart Chabot". World Literature Today. 68 (Spring 1994): 379. doi:10.2307/40150244. JSTOR 40150244.
8. "De Herman Brood-Biografie Van Bart Chabot". Zoek een boek (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
9. "Met dank aan Bart Chabot" (PDF). de Volkskrant via Boekman (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
10. "De volledige tekst van het groot dictee door Bart Chabot". de Volkskrant. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
11. Genootschap Onze Taal. "Onze Taal. Jaargang 83". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
12. Schouten, Rob (22 February 2020). "De waarheid over de afschuwelijke ouders van Bart Chabot moést eruit komen". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
13. "Boek: Mijn vaders hand - De Wereld Draait Door - BNNVARA". De Wereld Draait Door (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
14. "Omhoog kijken en vertrouwen op de nachthemel". Hebban (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
15. "Literaire kroniek: Bart Chabot bevindt zich altijd in zijn eigen wereld". Vrij Nederlands (in Dutch). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
16. ^ "Bart Chabot". Gedichten (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
17. "Bart Chabot over tumor in Pauw & Witteman". Media Courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
18. "Arjen Lubach is De Slimste Mens (2012)". nu.nl. 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
19. ^ "Interview met Bart, Sebastiaan én Splinter Chabot: Schrijven begint met empathie". Den Haag Centraal (in Dutch). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
20. "Wie is tafelheer Splinter Chabot". BNN-VARA (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
21. "Als u zo gaat beginnen van Bart Chabot". www.hebban.nl. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
22. "Als u zó gaat beginnen : gedichten / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
23. "Popcorn / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
24. "Captain America / Bart Chabot/Words; Anton Corbijn/Snapshots — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
25. "!Stand / Bart Chabot; [fotogr. Anton Corbijn] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
26. "Babylon Hotel : verhalen / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
27. "Duingheest : novellen / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
28. "Genadebrood : gedichten / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
29. "De kootjesblues / Bart Chabot; [eindred.: Pieter Cramer] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
30. "Broodje gezond / Bart Chabot; [eindred. Pieter Cramer] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
31. "Broodje halfom / Bart Chabot; [eindred. Pieter Cramer] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
32. "Brood en spelen / Bart Chabot; [eindred. Pieter Cramer] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
33. "Broodje springlevend / Bart Chabot; [eindred. Pieter Cramer] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
34. "Zand erover / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
35. "Greatest hits / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
36. "Elvistranen / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
37. "Fort Knox / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
38. "Broodje halfom / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
39. "McPain / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
40. "Anna's hoeve / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
41. "Cadillac boogie / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
42. "Dracula's ontbijt / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
43. "De Bril van Chabot : de mooiste gedichten van Bart Chabot / gekozen door Martin Bril — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
44. "Scheveningse wolken / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
45. "Greatest hits / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
46. "Schiphol blues : Cock Fart en andere zomerse verhalen / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
47. "De Patatbalie : in het spoor van de verkiezingskaravaan / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
48. "Up on the Hilton roof : over leven en werk van Herman Brood / Bart Chabot; [samenst. Rob van Essen] — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
49. "Diepere lagen : verslag van een bestraling / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
50. "Triggerhappy : roman / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
51. "Zestig / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
52. "Easy Street : roman / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.
53. "Bananenrepubliek : gedichten / Bart Chabot — LodView". Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

• Official site (in Dutch)
• Bart Chabot at Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)
• Bart Chabot at IMDb

• 1954 births
• Dutch male poets
• Living people
• Writers from The Hague
• Leiden University alumni