literature

Flanders Literature promotes Dutch-language literature from Flanders across the UK and Ireland through to 2025.

Dutch-Jewish writer Dola de Jong migrated to New York to escape the Nazis. She was the author of sixteen books for adults and children. But the book that she always intended to write – about how to carry on after the Second World War – never materialized.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Dutch poet Willemijn van den Geest. We translated her poem ‘Raak mij niet aan’.

A translator from Dutch to English gives literary tips by answering two questions: which translated book by a Flemish or Dutch author should everyone read? And, which book absolutely deserves an English translation?

This week's Friday Verses are written by Esohe Weyden. We translated her poem ‘Dwaaltuin’.

In his novel about a Flemish Nazi collaborator, bestselling author Stefan Hertmans presents a sharp image of life under German occupation, which he links perceptively to the personal history of his characters.

Our selection of recent university press publications in English on the Low Countries.

‘Postcolonial Mirror’ and ‘New Colonial Reading List’ are two new important books on Dutch East Indies literature. Both editions aim at a complete revision of the existing image.

Eighteen young writers from Flanders and the Netherlands have brought nineteenth-century artefacts from the Rijksmuseum to life. Marian van der Pluijm created an audio story in response to Marie Constantine Bashkirtseff’s painting 'The Artist’s Sister-in-law'.

Book covers are adorned with titles of all shapes and sizes. Author Anne van den Dool looked for trends, delving also into her own book-title-history.

This week's Friday Verses are written by Rob van Essen. We translated his poem ‘Velden’.

Eighteen young writers from Flanders and the Netherlands have brought nineteenth-century artefacts from the Rijksmuseum to life. Sixtine Bérard wrote a poem to accompany a flask.