Christophe Van Gerrewey (b. 1982) has for years been attracting attention in magazines as a wayward and versatile essayist and storyteller. Up To Date (2012) won him the Debut Prize and was nominated for the Bronze Owl, the Academica Literature Prize and a Cutting Edge Award. In 2013 he published his second novel, Delayed Train.
Press on Up to Date:
Van Gerrewey proves once again that the intangible nature of love is still the ever-reliable fuel of literature.’ – De Morgen
Up To Date is a strange, not so much pompous as indeed slightly pretentious, fascinating and convincing debut. – De Standaard
This gifted stylist effortlessly alternates between lyrical declarations of love and hatred and caustic social and literary criticism. – NRC Lux