Patrick Conrad is a Flemish poet, screenwriter and novelist, and one of the founders of The Pink Poets.
Career
He also directed about twenty movies for cinema and television, including – selected for the Cannes Festival – Mascara with Charlotte Rampling and Michael Sarazin. He is also working as a painter and had two retrospective exhibitions of his work: in 1975 (Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp) and 2005 (Museum Elzenveld, Antwerp). He lives in Provence, in the south of France.
Ark Prize of the Free Word
Literature
1969 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
1971 – Poetry prize of 'De Vlaamse Gids'
1976 – Poetry prize of de Province of Antwerp
2008 – Diamant Bullit Award (Best Thriller of the Netherlands and Belgium) for Starr.
Film
1967 Prize of the experimental short movie for Les wagons verts-réséda, Benelux Filmfestival.
1985 Prize of the video production for Parlez-moi d'amour, festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Oecumenique Prize for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
1986 Grand prix for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival Video Réalité, Brussels.
1985 Special Prize of the Jury for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Prize of the Public for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Prix Femina for Permeke.
1985 André Cavens Award – Prize for the best Belgian Movie of the year for Permeke.
1986 Bert Leysen Prize (Prize for the best Belgian Television Movie 1985/86) for DadaTristesse. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina).
Ark Prize of the Free Word
Literature
1969 – Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
1971 – Poetry prize of 'De Vlaamse Gids'
1976 – Poetry prize of de Province of Antwerp
2008 – Diamant Bullit Award (Best Thriller of the Netherlands and Belgium) for Starr.
Film
1967 Prize of the experimental short movie for Les wagons verts-réséda, Benelux Filmfestival.
1985 Prize of the video production for Parlez-moi d'amour, festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Oecumenique Prize for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival of Nyons, Switzerland.
1986 Grand prix for Parlez-moi d'amour, Festival Video Réalité, Brussels.
1985 Special Prize of the Jury for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Prize of the Public for Permeke, festival de Nyons, Switzerland.
1985 Prix Femina for Permeke.
1985 André Cavens Award – Prize for the best Belgian Movie of the year for Permeke.
1986 Bert Leysen Prize (Prize for the best Belgian Television Movie 1985/86) for DadaTristesse. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina).