literature
literature
Benjamin De Roover
1 min reading time
Benjamin De Roover: syntax is older than civic architecture
This week's Friday Verses are written by Benjamin De Roover. We translated his poem ‘syntax is older than civic architecture’.
literature
Iduna Paalman
1 min reading time
Iduna Paalman: Keep Sterile, Do Not Prick
This week's Friday Verses are written by Iduna Paalman. We translated her poem ‘Keep Sterile, Do Not Prick’.
First Book
literature
Dirk Vandenberghe
8 min reading time
‘De Nobele Autist’ by Romana Vrede: Boundless Love for a Clever Brat
Actress Romana Vrede writes a letter to her autistic son, which makes for a tough, but loving book.
literature
Tom Christiaens
3 min reading time
And the Winners Are…
No less than three important literary prizes for Dutch-language writers were announced this week. Awards for literary fiction, a poetry debut and a complete oeuvre.
Friday Verses
literature
Peter Theunynck
4 min reading time
Peter Theunynck: The Theatre of Love
This week's Friday Verses are written by Peter Theunynck. We translated his poem ‘The Theatre of Love’.
literature
Lieke Marsman
2 min reading time
Lieke Marsman: Belated Parliamentary Questions
Lieke Marsman’s artistic response to the corona crisis, inspired by the poem 'Abandoned Fortresses’ of Paul van Ostaijen.
Series
Old Works, Young Writers
literature
Jos Borré
8 min reading time
Aster Berkhof: The Man of 101 Books and Too Little Recognition
Aster Berkhof has reached the age of one hundred years. For a long time, he was one of the most read authors in Flanders. What should we remember of his oeuvre?
literature
0 min reading time
Dick Bruna, the Friendliest Maker of Picture Books in the Netherlands
No one in the Low Countries can claim NEVER to have seen any of Dick Bruna's pictures. Child or grownup, everyone in the Netherlands and Flanders is acquainted with his work. Despite the fact that for some reason or other his cartoon characters miffy, snuffy, boris & barbara and poppy pig aren't part of the common literary parlance, every single person in the Low Countries has, consciously or unconsciously, made eye contact in some way, at some time or other, with one of his pictures on stamps, posters or paperback book covers.
Series
Moving Verses
literature
Martin Michael Driessen
5 min reading time
My First Murder. A Short Story by Martin Michael Driessen
Martin Michael Driessen's delightful short story for the first time in English.
literature
Anke Verschueren
2 min reading time
Anke Verschueren: C’est la pluie
Anke Verschueren's artistic response to the corona crisis, inspired by the poem 'Lonely City' of Paul van Ostaijen.
literature
Luc Devoldere
2 min reading time
What Purpose Do Poets Serve in Times of Scarcity?
According to editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere, literature does not provide knowledge, let alone truth. Still, literature can make people better.
literature
Ulrike Burki
2 min reading time
Ulrike Burki: Berlin
This week's Friday Verses are written by Ulrike Burki. We translated her poem ‘Berlin’.
literature
Bert Van Raemdonck
2 min reading time
Bert Van Raemdonck: Water Damage & The Child’s Flippers
This week's Friday Verses are written by Bert Van Raemdonck. We translated his poem ‘Water Damage & The Child’s Flippers’.
literature
DutchCulture
2 min reading time
Book Fair Cancelled? Present Your Book in a Video
The Dutch Foundation for Literature asked writers and illustrators of children’s books to make a one-minute video in which they present their work.
literature
Luc Devoldere
3 min reading time
How an Occupied City Turned into a Contaminated One
literature
Dirk Vandenberghe
6 min reading time
‘Rauw & Alsof’ by Valerie Tack: Feeling Empathy for the Murderer
In her debut novel, Valerie Tack unpicks skilfully how a young woman, marked by life, slowly but surely turns into a cold-blooded murderer.
literature
Dirk Vandenberghe
6 min reading time
‘Augustus’ by Irma Maria Achten: Torn Between Passion and Longing
‘Augustus’ by Irma Maria Achten is a sensual debut novel about improbable love, in which passion, a longing for death and family secrets play an important role.
literature
Luc Devoldere
2 min reading time
About Great and Little Virtues and Confinement in the Past
Editor-in-chief Luc Devoldere reread Natalia Ginzburg’s classic ‘The Little Virtues’ and muses on the life lessons that the Italian writer taught us.
literature
Jeroen Olyslaegers
11 min reading time
Jeroen Olyslaegers and Siel Verhanneman Bridge the Corona Distance in Letters
Twenty-four Flemish writers and poets wrote each other letters during the first weeks of the coronavirus lockdown. This is the correspondence between Jeroen Olyslaegers and Siel Verhanneman.
literature
Sara Eelen
2 min reading time
Sara Eelen: Genesis
This week's Friday Verses are written by Sara Eelen. We translated her poem ‘Genesis’.
