Wietse Leenders

(1997) enjoys writing stories in which narrators sing rather than tell, characters stumble and get caught between time, bears are traded, fathers are chased in reverse, and madness always threatens to strike but never really does. Wietse studied Theatre Studies (UU) and Creative Writing (ArtEZ). He published short stories, including in De Revisor, his graduation novella was nominated for the Nieuwe Types Afstudeerprijs 2022 and he participated in the Slow Writing Lab in 2023. He makes literary programmes, teaches at ArtEZ Arnhem, writes for de Theaterkrant and is co-founder of the still shadowy post-punk duo RIP Rib Ruimteschip.