Bart Chabot

Bart Chabot (The Hague, 26 September 1954) is a Dutch writer and poet.

Bart Chabot
Bart Chabot (2010)
Born
Bartholomeus Antonius Wilhelmus Chabot

(1954-09-26) 26 September 1954
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
OccupationPoet and writer
Notable work
Broodje Gezond (1996)

Biography

Chabot went to the University of Leiden to study Dutch language and literature.[1] During that period, he befriended the artists and drug users Jules Deelder[2] and Herman Brood.[3] Chabot's parents thoroughly disapproved.[4][5] Soon after, Chabot decided to abandon his studies.[1] In 1979, he made his debut as a poet with Als u zó gaat beginnen followed by Popcorn in 1981.[6] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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),[6] Brood en spelen (2002) en Broodje springlevend (2003).[8] In 2007, Chabot received the Johnny van Doorn Prize for literature.[1] 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.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] In 2020, Chabot published Mijn vaders hand, about his youth.[12][13] Hebban expected a gloomy book, but Chabot's cynical irony managed to make them laugh once and awhile. Hebban did question the commercial motivation of a television personality writing about his youth.[14] Carel Peeters of Vrij Nederland observed that Chabot is always somewhere else, and that triggered him to go beyond acceptable and normal patterns.[15]

Chabot is also a columnist for Oor and Playboy,[16] and a television personality making frequent appearances on Pauw & Witteman and Barend & Van Dorp.[17]

In 1989, Chabot embarked on a theatre tour with Remco Campert and Jan Mulder.[1] In 1999 decided to go on the road again this time with Jules Deelder and Herman Brood.[16]

In the autumn of 2006, Chabot participated in the television program De Slimste Mens which aimed to find the smartest person in a group of celebrities. Chabot won.[18]

Family

Bart Chabot married Yolanda in 1987.[5] 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.[19] The writing muse got passed on, and Sebastiaan and Splinter are columnists in their own right.[19] Splinter had even gone beyond that, and has, after graduating from the University of Amsterdam, become a television presenter for NPO 3.[20]

Works
TitlePublisherYearIsbn
Als u zó gaat beginnenMeulenhoff[21]1979ISBN 9070247097[22]
PopcornDe Bezige Bij1981ISBN 9023445694[23]
Captain AmericaDe Bezige Bij1982ISBN 9023445805[24]
!StandDe Bezige Bij1985ISBN 9023446208[25]
Babylon HotelDe Bezige Bij1988ISBN 9023430905[26]
Duingheest : novellenDe Bezige Bij1990ISBN 9023431677[27]
GenadebroodDe Bezige Bij1993ISBN 902344714X[28]
De kootjesbluesNijgh & Van Ditmar2000ISBN 9038813996[29]
Broodje gezondNijgh & Van Ditmar2001ISBN 9038814070[30]
Broodje halfomNijgh & Van Ditmar2001ISBN 9038814046[31]
Brood en spelenNijgh & Van Ditmar2002ISBN 9038814089[32]
Broodje springlevendNijgh & Van Ditmar2003ISBN 9038814135[33]
Zand eroverNijgh & Van Ditmar2003ISBN 903881416X[34]
Greatest Hits #1De Bezige Bij2004ISBN 9789023454922[35]
ElvistranenNijgh & Van Ditmar2004ISBN 9038814194[36]
Fort KnoxNijgh & Van Ditmar2005ISBN 9038814364[37]
Broodje halfomNijgh & Van Ditmar2006ISBN 9038814402[38]
McPainNijgh & Van Ditmar2007ISBN 9789038814506[39]
Anna's hoeveNijgh & Van Ditmar2007ISBN 9789038890029[40]
Cadillac boogieNijgh & Van Ditmar2007ISBN 9789038890012[41]
Dracula's ontbijtNijgh & Van Ditmar2007ISBN 9789038890036[42]
De Bril van ChabotDe Bezige Bij2008ISBN 9789023437093[43]
Scheveningse wolkenDe Bezige Bij2009ISBN 9789023455103[44]
Greatest Hits #2De Bezige Bij2009ISBN 9789023441335[45]
Schiphol bluesDe Bezige Bij2009ISBN 9789023438472[46]
De PatatbalieDe Bezige Bij2010ISBN 9789023463214[47]
Up on the Hilton roofDe Bezige Bij2011ISBN 9789023459026[48]
Diepere lagenDe Bezige Bij2011ISBN 9789023465621[49]
TriggerhappyDe Bezige Bij2013ISBN 9789023473589[50]
ZestigDe Bezige Bij2014ISBN 9789023487944[51]
Easy StreetDe Bezige Bij2016ISBN 9789023498414[52]
BananenrepubliekDe Bezige Bij2016ISBN 9789023494812[53]

References
  1. "Bart Chabot". Studium Generale University of Utrecht (in Dutch). 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". 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). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. Scheulderman, Antoinnette (2020-01-31). "Mijn jeugd werd een slagveld. Ik dwarrelde in stukjes en stukken uit elkaar". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  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. 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 (2020-02-22). "De waarheid over de afschuwelijke ouders van Bart Chabot moést eruit komen". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  13. "Boek: Mijn vaders hand - De Wereld Draait Door - BNNVARA". De Wereld Draait Door (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  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). 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). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  20. "Wie is tafelheer Splinter Chabot". BNN-VARA (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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