Dimitri Verhulst
Born in 1972, Dimitri Verhulst is one of the rising stars of Flemish literature. He is the author of 10 books including De helaasheid der dingen (The Shittiness of Things), which was adapted for the cinema as The Misfortunates. He is also an official ambassador for the Stichting Varkens in Nood (Pigs in Peril) Foundation.
Updated: 22 February 2010
For once pig farmers and piglets are in complete agreement: the barbarous and cruel practice of pig castration serves only to satisfy a pointless whim of German consumers — which is why it should be outlawed, insists Flemish poet and writer, Dimitri Verhulst.