16 Dutch Books You Need to Read This Spring (2020)
Why not read a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this spring? Take a look at our selection.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
Why not read a novel by a Dutch or Flemish author this spring? Take a look at our selection.
Our summer selection of Dutch-language poetry that has recently been translated into English.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Alara Adilow, a poet of Somali heritage from Amsterdam. We translated her poem ‘Het café’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Amina Belȏrf. We translated her poem ‘De nachtklok’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Anke Senden. We translated her poem ‘here’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Ann Bellemans. We translated her poem ‘Krater’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Anne van Winkelhof. We translated her poem ‘Growl’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Bart Van der Straeten. We translated his poem ‘Truth’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Benjamin De Roover. We translated his poem ‘syntax is older than civic architecture’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Bert Van Raemdonck. We translated his poem ‘Water Damage & The Child’s Flippers’.
The Dutch critics unanimously proclaimed her poetry debut a masterpiece.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Bob Vanden Broeck. We translated his poem ‘Debris Making – vi.’
This week's Friday Verses are written by Carmien Michels. We translated her poem ‘Pink Skirts’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Christopher Levenson. We selected his poem ‘Remembering the Flood’.
Nine youngsters from the Low Countries created poetic films based on their favourite Dutch-language poem.
This week's Friday Verses are written by the former city poet of Ghent, David Troch. We translated his poem ‘this land’.
Her verses can be read on buses, trams and underground trains in Brussels.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Dominique De Groen. We translated her poem ‘Dreaming of the Sacrificial Lamb - Dream #1’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Eelkje Christine Bosch. We translated her poem ‘innocence of things’.
Every day of the 2020 Poetry Week we present a Dutch children's poem in English translation. Today: 0.00/2000 by Elma van Haren.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Els Moors, who was appointed National Poet of Belgium from 2018 until 2020. We translated her poem ‘everything’s sold or given away’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Erwin Mortier. We translated his poem 'Letter Twenty-Eight' from the volume 'Uit één vinger valt men niet' (De Bezige Bij, 2005).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Ester Naomi Perquin. We translated 'The Last Unknown Person' from the volume 'Namens de ander' (Van Oorschot, 2009).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Esther Jansma. We translated her poem ‘Invasion’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by the renowned Dutch poet Eva Gerlach. We translated a poem from the 'Virus' series.