Kees 't Hart
(The Netherlands, 1944) is a writer and poet. His novel De Keizer en de astroloog (The Emperor and the Astrologer, 2008) sees apprentice psychiatrist Simon employed as an astrologer at the court of Emperor William II in Doorn, ending up in absurd situations. In 2000 he wins the Multatuli Prize for his novel The Revue (1999). In Teatro Olimpico (2014) Dutch theatre professionals try to stage their show in Italy. Wederzijds (Mutual, 2017) is a satire about neighbourhood help and in the historical and humorous De ziekte van Weimar (The Disease of Weimar, 2019), a man from Franeker travels to Weimar to meet Goethe. VICTORIEN, ik hou van je (2021) is a collection of 'stories and outpourings'; 2023 will see the publication of his third collection of poems, Vogelkerkhof.
Past events
Connie Palmen's State of the Novel: 'Fake it till you make it'
Especially for Winternachten Dutch writer Connie Palmen wrote a State of the Novel: ‘Fake it, till you make it’. After her lecture she'll talk with Christiaan Weijts on truth and falsehood. Host: Kees ’t Hart. In Dutch.
