name:             Francois Horsten

official name: Franciscus.Johannes.Laurentius

                       .Adrianus.Martinus

first three initials F.J.L used since 1975 

became EFDJEL (Ef.Dje.El) in 1979

since 1981

ALTERNATIV CURRICILUM VITEA:

1960     : Born in Tilburg Netherlands

STAGE:

1962     : First performances in Pubs for chocolates

1963     : First official performance on a wedding        

1966     : First performance in a theaterplay as baker

1966     : again performance on a wedding

1966     : youngest member of a square-dance group

1966-69: learned to play the wooden flute 

1969-74: private teachers for music, singing, dramatic 

             performance, make up

1969    : main part in a children's musical  

1969-72: solo singer in a children's choir

1973-75: learned to play the saxophon 

1974    : stopped singing (because my voice brooke)

1975-82: ballroom and latin-american dancing

1981    : dub in Paradiso Amsterdam (KRO-radio)

1981-85:kind of go-go dancer in Eindhoven

1983-85: performance group XS (beyond what is allowed)

1985-95: did some program hosting on company events

1998    : Talkshow (Andreas Türck,  Pro7)

1999    : TV interview at the CSD Cologne (Pro7)

2000    : Interview at the cinema premiere of: OI Warning

2001    : Kochduell (TV cooking show, VOX)

PAINTING

1965     : first price in a childrens drawing contest (a teddy)

1969     : designed the poster for the childrens carneval  

1970     : won a bird in a nature drawing contest

1972     : became hfl. 10;- for a drawing used for the frontpage 

              of the church illustrated (my first Money!)

1975-78: several work for the schoolpapers

1976-77: did a adult aducation program for painting

for all what came since then, it's the best to look this pages!

POETRY:

1969    : started to write texts on music.

1970    : first real poem

1971    : poem for the schoolpaper (published in 1972)  

1977    : sonet for exam in dutch. printed in the schoolpaper

1978    : first english poem (on a piece of Beethoven)

1981    : wrote the first real love poem

1981    : won in a text-contest for a dup-festival (KRO-radio)

1983    : first german poem (translation)

1996-97: wrote all the texts for my book:

             smartlappen en andere nichtengedichten

1998-01: translations and works for the german version:

            (Moritaten und andere schwule geschichten