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Mustafa Stitou was born in Tetouan, Morocco, in 1974, and grew up in Lelystad, in the Netherlands. He currently lives in Amsterdam, where he studied philosophy at the UvA. He has published four collections of poetry: Mijn vormen (My Forms, 1994), Mijn gedichten (My Poems, 1998), Varkensroze ansichten (Pig-Pink Picture Postcards, 2003), and Tempel (Temple, 2013). He is the recipient of the VSB Poetry Prize, the Jan Campert Prize, the Awater Poetry Prize, and the A. Roland Holst Award.
Winner of the VSB Poetry Prize and the Jan Campert Prize City Poet of Amsterdam 2009 If the essence of poetry is to break with expectations, Mustafa Stitou is conceivably an ideal poet. -Mischa Andriessen, Poetry International A pleasure to read and reread. Stitou: a highly interesting young Dutch Poet. Remember that name. -Peter de Boer, Trouw The most important poet of his generation. -Piet Gebrandy
