Peter van Zonneveld
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doceert sinds 1975 Moderne Nederlandse Letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Leiden. Hij is in het bijzonder gespecialiseerd in de 19e eeuw en in de Indisch-Nederlandse Letterkunde. Van zijn hand zijn onder meer Het Album van Insulinde , een beknopte geschiedenis van de Indisch-Nederlandse literatuur en Indisch landschap . Dichters en schrijvers over Indonesië (1999). Ook schreef hij recensies voor de NRC en Vrij Nederland. Peter van Zonneveld is vanaf de oprichting in 1985 redacteur van het tijdschrift Indische Letteren .
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Hella's lessons
At this time in the programma, writer Hella Haasse would have spoken on her latest book 'Bij de les' ( At the lesson ) on school-posters on the Netherlands-Indies, used in schools in the colonial era. Last Friday Mrs. Haasse informed us that she was ill and unable to perform at the festival. In all haste we have put together an alternative programme around her new book. Eight writers, all experts on the Dutch Indies and friends and admirers of Hella Haasse, have been asked to choose one of the school posters, give his or her commentary on this and also react to the accompanying text. They will compare Mrs. Haasse's memories with their own image evoked by the posters and comment on Mrs. Haasse's observatons. Up to now the following people have promised to take part: Adriaan van Dis, Helga Ruebsamen, Sitor Sitomorang - Indonesian poet and contemporary of Mrs. Haasse - writer Hans Vervoort, journalist and writer John Jansen van Galen and Peter van Zonneveld, who with Mrs. Haasse went over the rough version of her book. Paul van der Gaag, presentor of VPRO's radio programme O.V.T. will chair the discussion. In the course of this week more names of participants will be published. We are convinced that in this way the book 'Bij de les' (At the lesson) and Hella Haasse will receive the attention that they so justly deserve.
