Lex Bohlmeijer
(Oost-Souburg, NL, 1959) studied Dutch and Literary Theory in Leiden. He spent several years as a professional dancer. Later he developed into a versatile radio-maker at the NCRV broadcaster, including the successful "Casa Luna" programme. He now hosts two programmes on Radio 4: "Passaggio" (weekdays at 7 p.m.) and the talk show "Diskotabel." He also works in theatre as a dramaturge and writer. He is increasingly active as a presenter of concerts, conferences and debates. Every Saturday, he publishes an interview with an inspiring special guest in De Correspondent online daily.
Past events
Winternachten lecture: Fiction in Fake Times
What is real, what is fake? And yet it's the fabrications that can provide insight into the world in which we live. Michel Faber kicks off the evening with the Winternachten Lecture.
Where Can You Hide?
Four innocent young women looking for refuge. Forgotten (Agualusa) tells the story of Ludo, who locks herself in her home on the eve of Angola's independence. The Book of Memory (Gappah) gives voice to an emprisoned girl who was abused by her white adoptive father. In Dark, almost Night (Bator) Alicja tries to uncover her deceased sister's secret in the abandoned house on the Polish-German border. And thirteen year old Emma in Fire Stack (Dragomá) is picked up from an orphanage in the middle of the Romanian revolution.
Writing in Times of Turmoil
Can a writer continue to seek refuge in imagination when all hell breaks loose? Kurkov wrote novels before revolution broke out in Kiev, of which he relates in Ukraine Diaries. Al Aswani described the Arab Spring in About Egypt: The provocative considerations of a novelist.
