steven van der heyden

@steven

Steven Van Der Heyden is a Belgian, Flemish poet and writer, and a native Dutch speaker with a profound love for English-language literature. He favors restrained, character-driven work where emotion emerges through atmosphere and detail. In 2024, he was appointed City Poet of Roeselare for a two-year term. His publications include the duo collection Tot ze koud is (2020), his first solo collection Filigraan (2023), and Veelvoud van een eiland (2024), the inaugural volume from the poetry collective Obsidiaan. He is also a climate poet and editor at Archipel Publishing.