Rogi Wieg
| Rogi Wieg | |
|---|---|
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Rogi Wieg (1987) | |
| Born |
Robert Gabor Charles Wieg August 21, 1962 Delft, Netherlands |
| Died |
July 20, 2015 (aged 52) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Period | 1981–2015 |
| Notable awards |
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Robert Gabor Charles "Rogi" Wieg (also spelled Vig; August 21, 1962 – July 15, 2015[1] ) was a Dutch poet, novelist and musician.[2]
Biography
Robert Gabor Charles Wieg was born on 21 August 1962 in Delft in the Netherlands. His parents had fled from Hungary in 1956 and had settled in the Netherlands a year later.
Wieg was in classical musical training during his youth, but at the age of sixteen, he started to favor blues music and Dutch chanson. He has worked for Liesbeth List. Wieg was the editor of the literary magazines Tirade and Measure. He was a poetry critic for Het Parool between 1986 and 1999. In 1999, Wieg began with painting and drawing. As an artist he was self-taught. Together with Mari Alföldy, Wieg translated poetry from Hungarian.[3]
His life was marked by severe depression. He was regularly admitted to psychiatric hospitals to undergo electroshock therapy and he attempted suicide three times.
Wieg married on December 29, 2014 with the artist Abys Kovács, who illustrated the poems of Khazarenbloed.[1]
Wieg died on July 15, 2015 at the age of 52, in Amsterdam.[1] He had opted for euthanasia because of unbearable psychological and physical suffering.
References
- 1 2 3 "Dichter Rogi Wieg (52) overleden" (in Dutch), Nos.nl, 2015.
- ↑ Poetry International
- ↑ Letterenfonds