Interview with Bart Moeyaert
He grew up as the youngest of seven brothers and that has shaped him as a writer. At the book fair in Bologna, just hours after the announcement, Bart Moeyaert talks about his writing.
How did you become a storyteller?
− I was the youngest child in a big family and so I listened to everyone else’s stories. I learned to listen carefully. Later I began to feel that writing was safer than talking, because I liked to take my time and think about things before I said them. Books fascinated me from the moment I discovered them. They fascinated me as objects. When I learned to read, reading books was like breathing.
How would you describe your books?
− Difficult question! People say reading my books is like reading a movie, that my writing is poetic, that they find meaning by reading slowly, in between the lines. But I don’t think about that when I write. It’s just my way of telling a story.
