Rogi Wieg

Wieg wrote poetry.^[1]

He worked for Liesbeth List, and was the editor of the literary magazines Tirade and Measure. He was a poetry critic for Het Parool between 1986 and 1999.^[2]

In 1999, Wieg began with painting and drawing. As an artist he was self-taught. Together with Mari Alföldy, Wieg translated poetry from Hungarian.^[2]

His life was marked by severe depression. He was regularly admitted to psychiatric hospitals to undergo electroshock therapy and he attempted suicide three times.

On 29 December 2014 Wieg married the artist Abys Kovács, who illustrated the poems of Khazarenbloed.^[3]

Wieg died on 15 July 2015 in Amsterdam at the age of 52.^[3] He had opted for euthanasia because of unbearable psychological and physical suffering.

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