Jasper Henderson
(Amsterdam, 1972) while still a student of Dutch language and literature set up Bunker Hill with some friends. This literary magazine attracted attention because of its pert approach and was incorporated by publishing house Thomas Rap. Henderson is a literary all-rounder. For many years he was active as an editor with De Bezige Bij/Thomas Rap, Nijgh & Van Ditmar and Nieuw Amsterdam Publishers, as well as being an editor of the literary pop magazine WAHWAH. This year he settled as an independent editor and writer. He writes reviews for the daily paper Het Parool and De Poëziekrant and writes for the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer, among others. In addition he is a literary scout for De Bezige Bij/Thomas Rap and takes charge of the ‘backoffice’ of the Amsterdam City Poet, F. Starik. Henderson regularly hosts literary events.
Past events
Imagined Fathers
The father of Colombian writer Hector Abad was assassinated; the politically dissident Lybian father of Hisham Matar was abducted; Carolina Trujillo fled Uruguay when she was six after her father had been taken prisoner. Jasper Henderson talks to them on how they deal with these events in literature. In English.
