Charlotte Van den Broeck

Charlotte Van den Broeck (Turnhout, Belgium,1991) studied English and German Literature and holds a Master in Drama (Verbal Arts) at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp. She has published two collections of poetry. Her debut collection Chameleon (2015) was awarded the Herman de Coninck debut Prize for poetry. For her second collection Nachtroer (2017) she received the triannual Paul Snoek Prize for the best collection of poetry in Dutch. Her poetry has been translated into German, French, Spanish, Afrikaans, Serbian and English.

Poem from Chameleon | Nachtroer (Bloodaxe Books, 2020)

Translated from the Dutch by David Colmer

Arna aistriú òn Ollainis ag Colm Breathnach

Reproduced by kind permission of the author and publisher