Book of My Life: Onjuli Datta in conversation with Ellen Deckwitz

About Theft by Finding by David Sedaris.

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Date and time Saturday 25 January 2025 20:00 tot 20:20 uur
Location Filmhuis - Studio A
Price All up to 30 years 15,-
Regular 35,-
Ooievaarspas 15,-
DenHaagPas 32,50.

Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Ellen Deckwitz.

Onjuli Datta spoke abut Theft by Finding by American author and humorist David Sedaris, famed as the ‘king of comic tales’. Those who saw his him perform live know: the diary reading is the highlight of the evening. For Theft by Finding (2017), he selected his own diary stories from 1977-2002, the period when he held all sorts of odd jobs and his writing developed.

Ellen Deckwitz

(The Netherlands, 1982) is a poet, columnist, critic and presenter at literary events, including Writers Unlimited. For De steen vreest mij (2011), she was awarded the C. Buddingh’ Prize for the best poetry debut. Her collection Hogere natuurkunde (2019) is part travelogue, part myth and part testimony, and the outcome of conversations Deckwitz engaged in with individuals whose roots also trace back to the former Dutch East Indies. In 2022, Eerste hulp bij poëzie was published, an omnibus containing her collections Olijven moet je leren lezen (2020) and Dit gaat niet over grasmaaien (2021). Deckwitz writes columns for national daily newspaper NRC. In her NPO Luister podcast Poëzie vandaag, she presents a Dutch or translated poem every workday morning. She is one of three critics of podcast Boeken FM. Since Autumn 2025, she has been one of the presenters of Nooit meer Slapen, the VPRO's night-time cultural radio programme.

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Onjuli Datta

(UK) is the co-author of Feast While You Can, a queer horror-romance which the New York Times described as 'adventurous, exciting, fantastical and erotic.' She is also co-author of The View Was Exhausting, a Goop and Good Housekeeping book club pick named 'a perfect summer read' by Vogue. Her writing has been featured in Salon, Reactor Magazine, Lithub, Autostraddle, Vulture and more. She lives in Berlin with her wife and co-author Mikaella Clements.
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