Antjie Krog
(South Africa, 1952) is a poet, writer, academic and a cherished reciter. Her book Country of My Skull (2000, adapted for film in 2004) is a personal account of the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She published her autobiographical memoirs as A Change of Tongue (2003). Krog has won many prizes, including the Hertzog prize in South Africa and the 2018 Gouden Ganzenveer in the Netherlands. An anthology of her poetry was published in Dutch in 2010, titled Hoe zeg je dat (How Do You Say That), and Begging to be Black, the sequel to Country of My Skull and A Change of Tongue.
Past events
Fifty Ways to Free Your Language
How do writers relate to decolonizing language and literature, not only in their subject matter but also in the form of their poetry and stories?
I Have No Other Country than this Country
Writing in Afrikaans and English: a conversation about South Africa, generational differences, and the future - plus poetry.
Letters from Overseas
Nine authors present a letter they wrote to someone in a (former) colony, as an ode to the enslaved Wilhelmina, who sent a never-delivered but recently opened letter to her former master in 1795.
My farther-farthest child
Two South African poets, mother Antjie Krog and son Andries Samuel recite poems about parents and (grand)children straight from the heart. Dutch singer Wende sings their poems and other songs. In English.
Big Brother visiting
Disorder beyond the doorstep. With Antjie Krog and Christine Otten. Host Wim Brands.
Zeeman's zealousness
A tribute to Michaël Zeeman about responsibility and inspiration. With Antjie Krog, Marjolijn Februari and Frans Timmermans. Host: Bas Heijne. In Dutch
Memory, speak
On the fear of forgetting the past and the task of the writer to recall that past. With South African poet Antjie Krog, Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch and Turkish writer Elif Shafak, and Rudi Wester (host). Partly in Dutch and in English.
