Benzokarim
(1996) is a poet and performer. In 2022, he won the El Hizjra literature prize for poetry and published his debut collection El Ghorba. In it, he talks to his father, mourns his mother and writes poetry about experiences that are recognisable to anyone with a migrant background. His second collection, Ons gaan allemaal (We're all going), has been awarded with the Jan Campert Prize 2025, yearly prize for poetry. As coach of Poetry Circle 070 and editor of Mensen Zeggen Dingen, he is working hard to pave the way for a new generation of world improvers. Benzokarim is Rotterdam's City Poet in 2025 and 2026.
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Instagram: @benzokarim_
Past events
Book of My Life: Benzokarim in conversation with Abdelkader Benali
About The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak.
Language sparks - inspiring duos with poetry, music, dance and images
Featuring: poet Benzokarim and singer-song poet Mirte Hartland, poet Rosabelle Illes and cellist Saartje Van Camp, poet ZaÏre Krieger and dancer Shaquille George.
