Gerda Blees
(The Netherlands, 1985) made her debut with the short-story collection Aan doodgaan dachten we niet (We Didn't Think of Dying, 2017) and then published the poetry collection Dwaallichten (Wandering Lights, 2018), nominated for the C. Buddingh' Prize. In 2020, she publishes her debut novel Wij zijn licht (We Are Light), which was awarded the Boekhandelsprijs and the European Union Prize for Literature, and nominated for the Libris Literature Prize. Translation rights to her novel have been sold to nine countries and tens of thousands of copies have been sold in the Netherlands. Week (2022) is a pregnancy in poetry; with wonder and self-assessment, Blees depicts how expectant motherhood changes her body and life.
Past events
Writers Unlimited Festival Café
Talks & tunes by Francis Broekhuijsen, poetry on demand by Gerda Blees, bookshop and drinks. Only tonight: get a free haircut by barber and 'mattenkoning' Youri.
Writers Unlimited Festivalcafé
Talks & tunes with Francis Broekhuijsen, poetry on demand by Gerda Blees, bookshop, drinks and, late evening, a swinging Silent Disco featuring DJ Socrates.
