Zaïre Krieger
(1995) is a poet, spoken word artist, activist, journalist and translator. In 2019, she received a SPOKEN Award as ‘one of the most inspiring Dutch word artists of the moment’. Krieger's work expresses a call for justice and love. In 2020, she co-organised a Black Lives Matter protest in Rotterdam. Her performances are layered, rhythmic and sincere. She translated the poem The Hill We Climb recited by Amanda Gorman during Joe Biden's inauguration into Dutch. The bilingual edition was released in 2022. In 2023, also bilingual, Gorman's collection Call Us What We Carry was published in Krieger and Tirsa With's translation. In 2025, Krieger's bilingual poetry collection Chameleon will be published, about creating your own place to feel at home, allowing yourself to be multidimensional, about the opposition between activism and aesthetics, queerness and religion, loving and hating, about being Black in a white world.
Past events
Trans, Writing, Joy
A celebration of Gender, Literature and Creative Energy with authors Alara Adilow, Alvina Chamberland and Zaïre Krieger, moderated by Alejandra Ortiz.
Language sparks - inspiring duos with poetry, music, dance and images
Featuring: poet Benzokarim and singer-song poet Mirte Hartland, poet Rosabelle Illes and cellist Saartje Van Camp, poet ZaÏre Krieger and dancer Shaquille George.
