Rita Bertha Maria Demeester (26 September 1946 – 29 January 1993) was a Belgian poet and writer.

Biography She was born at Roeselare. She obtained a degree in social pedagogy from the Catholic University of Leuven. She worked as an educationalist, but started writing when she became unemployed in 1986. Demeester died at Genk in 1993.

Awards 1989 - Rabobank Lenteprijs voor Literatuur for In het spoor van Jim Morrison

Bibliography 1988 - Krappe herinnering 1988 - Vrouwentongen. Verhalen, essays en reisreportages (works of 11 Flemish female writers, composed by Veerle Weverbergh) () 1989 - Stampvoeten in het donker (verhalen) () () 1991 - Droomjager (verhalen) () () 1994 - Land van Belofte (verhalen) () () 1995 - Verzamelde werken () ()

See also Flemish literature

Sources

Rita Demeester in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren