Lieve Joris

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lieve Joris
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jun 14, 1953(1953-06-14)
Age	71
Birthplace	Neerpelt
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Gemini

Lieve Joris Biography

Lieve Joris is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on June 14, 1953 in Neerpelt, Flemish Region, Belgium. Lieve Jooris, a Belgian writer of non-fiction on Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East was born in 1953.

Joris was awarded the Belgian Triennial award (1999) for Flemish prose and the French Prix de l’Astrolabe 1999 for Mali Blues (1996). This account of her travels through Senegal and Mauritania is Mali Blues.

Years after her first trip to Congo, Joris became interested in the relationship between Africa and China. For her book Op de vleugels van de draak (On The Wings of The Dragon, 2013), Joris travelled between Africa and China, immersing herself in the world of Africans and Chinese who venture into each other’s territory in the slipstream of big business contracts. In 2014 Lieve Joris was awarded the Spiegelprijs for her Africa-books and the VPRO Bob den Uyl Prijs (Best Dutch travel book) for On The Wings of The Dragon. “She went behind the scenes of globalization and discovered a world of which we don’t have a clue,” the French weekly L’Express wrote. wrote. The French daily Libération called it “the intimate traces of her itineraries and pursuits”.

Joris also wrote several books on the Middle East. She published Een kamer Cairo (A room at Cairo, 1991) as well as De poorten van Damascus (1993).

Lieve Joris Net Worth

Lieve Joris is one of the richest Writer from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lieve Joris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

1985 was the year she traveled to Congo, a former Belgian colony. Her great- uncle was a missionary. Her work became increasingly focused on Congo. She went on to write Terug naar Congo (1987), Dans van de luipaard (11/21/2001), Het uur Van de rebellen (6/6/2006) and De hoogvlaktes (8/8/2008). The T.R. Award was nominated to The Rebels’ Hour. Fyvel Book Award. The Daily Telegraph described it as “an intelligent, at times beautiful reckoning about one of the greatest human dramas our age”. Philip Gourevitch chose it in The New Yorker to be one of four essential books on Rwanda. Liberation magazine in France praised her as “one the most respected journalists in the world.” The Prix Nicolas Bouvier was given to The High Plains French Edition. A portion of this book was published by The Paris Review in the Winter 2009 issue.

Joris was born and raised in Belgium. Joris spent a year studying psychology in Leuven, and then two years living in the United States. She worked as an au pair, and explored the country. Joris eventually settled in the Netherlands, where she studied journalism at Utrecht’s School of Journalism. After working for several Dutch magazines and newspapers, she became a writer at De Golf (The Gulf) in 1986.

In 2010 Mijn Afrikaanse telefooncel (My African Telephone Booth) was published, short stories about Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe – the three focus points of Joris’ work.

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Lieve Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Lieve Joris celebrates birthday on June 14 of every year.