Marwin Vos

(Netherlands, 1962) is a poet and visual artist. Her collection oorlogspaarden tot in de buitenwijken (War Horses up to the Suburbs, 2015) was nominated for the J.C. Bloem Prize, and the impressive collection het leven van sterren (Life of Stars, 2019) for the 2020 De Grote Poëzieprijs, major Dutch poetry award. In wilde dood (Wild Death, 2022), Vos writes about death and loss while noting, "settlers don't want to give up the climate." In the book, she seeks a politics of mourning, evoking the extinction of animals and the destruction of habitats: "the political nakedness of mourners / unfolding into an island a tongue." Also this book is nominated for the Grote Poëzieprijs 2023 for which the winner will be announced 17 May 2023. Vos' words were performed by actress and theatre maker Caro Derkx and dancer and artist Irina Baldini in a special way during the 2003 Winternachten festival programme De grondstof van het gedicht.