Not fiction but reality 4 June 2015 ‘Not fiction, but reality should be declared art’ was the Zestigers’ … |
Hear me on the fire towers 9 March 2015 The Dutch poet H. H. ter Balkt passed away during the night between Sunday, 8 March, and Monday, 9 … |
Rage, rage against the dying of the light 1 January 2015 While we, at Poetry International, look forward to the new poets and poems we'll meet in 2015 … |
A deeper layer in an invisible world 1 December 2014 The incantation or singsong of our mentally retarded child has always fascinated me. Long before … |
‘One would like to keep sitting here’ 1 November 2014 Gerrit Kouwenaar – poet, translator, critic and long-time friend of Poetry International – died on … |
De exacte mogelijkheden van de taal 4 September 2014 Het werk van Gerrit Kouwenaar, die vandaag op 91-jarige leeftijd overleed, is altijd argument en … |
Erik Menkveld (1959-2014) 1 April 2014 On Sunday, 30 March 2014, Dutch poet and novelist Erik Menkveld died suddenly of heart failure. … |
TERUGLUISTEREN: Dichter bij Gorter 5 March 2014 Het Mediafonds en de VPRO lanceren met woord.nl een internetplatform voor het gesproken woord. Het … |
Poetry sales spike in the Netherlands 3 March 2014 During the second edition of the national Poetry Week, Book Week’s twin, that lasted from 31 … |
A new poet in town 6 February 2014 Anna Enquist (Netherlands, 1945) has succeeded Menno Wigman as Amsterdam’s Poet Laureate. … |
Tsjêbbe Hettinga (1949-2013) 8 March 2013 There are persistent rumours, based on half-proofs, that Odysseus did not land at Ithaka, but in … |
On the shoulders of shopping-bag people 31 January 2013 It is no easy task to write poetry about the dominant concerns of our society. Where many poets … |
Like Music to Our Ears: Poetry Week 2013 31 January 2013 From 31 January through 6 February 2013 the Netherlands and Flanders are holding their very first … |
‘I don’t like to be pigeonholed’ 30 January 2013 Michele Hutchison talks to Ramsey Nasr at the end of his four-year term as Dutch Poet Laureate |
Herman Gorter: an introduction 15 December 2010 If Herman Gorter (1864–1927) is still well known to anyone outside of the Low Countries, it is … |
About Nachoem M. Wijnberg 1 June 2009 Nachoem M. Wijnberg (Amsterdam, 1961) has been writing poetry and novels at demonic speed for … |
About Arjen Duinker 1 June 2009 Since 1988, the year of his debut collection Rode oever, Arjen Duinker (Delft, 1956) has … |
About Rutger Kopland 1 June 2009 Rutger Kopland published his first collection, Onder het vee (Among the Cattle), in 1966 at … |
About Gerrit Kouwenaar 1 June 2009 Gerrit Kouwenaar (Amsterdam, 1923) is considered to be one of the most important Dutch writers … |
She also used that drain 1 January 2009 Just as in a diary or weblog, you can easily lose yourself for an hour or so in the verses of … |
There’s a man, there’s a woman 1 October 2008 This interview was published in the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer in March 2008, … |
Chinese Whispers 2008 11 June 2008 In the Chinese Whispers project a Dutch poem is translated from one language to another during the … |
Menno Wigman: Poet with a Drum Set in his Head 1 December 2007 “Menno Wigman is a remarkable figure”, says poet and journalist, Joris van Casteren. “There is … |
Thomas Möhlmann interviews Tsead Bruinja 1 September 2007 It’s Monday 26th February 2007 and I’m speaking to the young poet Tsead Bruinja who has published … |
Chinese Whispers 2007 18 June 2007 Each year, during the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, the consequences of translation … |
Thomas Möhlmann interviews Alfred Schaffer 1 June 2007 It is Tuesday, February 27th and I am speaking to the young poet, Alfred Schaffer, who has … |
Live streaming event 23 August 2006 Poetry International Web hosted a world premiere in June: poets from the 2006 Poetry International … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2006 1 June 2006 This June issue takes a sneak peek at the 37th Poetry International Festival (www.poetry.nl), … |
Translating Toon Tellegen 1 March 2006 Translation is inevitably a process of metamorphosis, an audacious leap from one poem to another, … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2006 1 March 2006 Until 1997 Toon Tellegen (1941, Den Briel) combined writing with running a GP practice; … |
The absolute must be undermined: Mustafa Stitou forces a clash of concepts 6 January 2006 In his conversational poetry, Mustafa Stitou mixes the commonplace with the sublime. “In the hope … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - September 2005 1 September 2005 After the multitude of poets we presented to you in our previous issue (Tsead Bruinja, Judith … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - July 2005 1 July 2005 UPDATE – A sad though undeniable fact: the 36th edition of the Poetry International Festival in … |
Anne Vegter at the Poetry International Festival 2000 1 June 2005 Anne Vegter has trained herself in many genres. She made her début as a writer of children’s … |
Judith Herzberg at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2000 1 June 2005 Judith Herzberg made her début in 1963 with Zeepost, a collection which won wide acclaim … |
Tsead Bruinja at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2005 1 June 2005 Tsead Bruinja (1974) studied English at the University of Groningen. Bruinja is a bilingual poet: … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2005 1 June 2005 This June issue offers a sneak peek at the 36th edition of the Poetry International Festival, … |
As if everything has been filmed 1 March 2005 Erik Lindner creates poems like a cameraman, says Paul Demets in this review of Lindner’s … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2005 1 March 2005 In the undertow of this new March issue dreams and films drift along. The relationship between … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - December 2004 1 December 2004 With this December issue we present the poetry of three modern day Frisian poets. They write their … |
Tsead Bruinja & the new generation of Frisian poets 1 December 2004 “remember there is a land that is part of me where I do not live/ I must return there is a … |
A soft spot for harbours 30 November 2004 The ‘epic’ poetry of Tsjêbbe Hettinga is characterized by a remarkable attentiveness … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - September 2004 1 September 2004 Last June, at the Poetry International festival in Rotterdam, no less than nine Dutch poets were … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2004 1 June 2004 Welcome to the Dutch homepage, which introduces a considerable part of the ‘rainforest-like … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2004 1 March 2004 Over thirty contemporary Dutch poets, mainly from the Netherlands, but also from Flanders (the … |
Introduction to Memories of the Unknown 29 February 2004 Translator James Brockway on the ever-growing international acclaim for Rutger Kopland's … |
Welcome to Dutch poetry - May 2003 1 May 2003 Arjen Duinker is the new Dutch 'Poet of the Quarter'. He has eight collections of poetry … |