Introduction: Starring the Author

Franssen, Gaston; Honings, Rick

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-55868-8_1

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“…Check YouTube, with the search terms: 'Herman Brusselmans' and 'Slimste Mens.' 3 For a broad overview on this subject see(Franssen and Honings 2016) and(Franssen and Honings 2017).…”

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The Most Famous Writer of the Low Countries: Herman Brusselmans Star Author and (Reluctant) Public Intellectual

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2017

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The Flemish writer Herman Brusselmans is the most famous author of the Low Countries. In this article, Herman Brusselmans is analysed as a star author. First and foremost, two striking aspects of Brusselmans’s stardom are analysed: his public visibility and the cult of the private. Attention is then focused on Brusselmans’s experience of celebrity, which he - like many other star authors - thematises in his books. Doing so, he consciously places himself in the context of popular culture. On the other hand, as a result of his celebrity status he has been expected - particularly in the last few years - to assume the role of public intellectual willy-nilly, and this in turn has had consequences for his work.

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“…Check YouTube, with the search terms: 'Herman Brusselmans' and 'Slimste Mens.' 3 For a broad overview on this subject see(Franssen and Honings 2016) and(Franssen and Honings 2017).…”

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