Annelies Verbeke is a Flemish writer from Belgium. She lives in Ghent. Verbeke studied German language and Scenario writing. In 2003 she debuted at Uitgeverij De Geus with her novel Slaap! with which she won the Vlaamse debuutprijs, the Gouden Ezelsoor and the Vrouw en Kultuur Debuutprijs. The novel was on the longlists of the AKO Literatuurprijs and the Libris Literatuurprijs and was nominated for the Gerard Walschapprijs. Annelies Verbeke in the Dutch Wikipedia Annelies Verbeke in the Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren Annelies Verbeke at "Schrijversgewijs"