Watch, Listen, Read: Winternachten 2020
Schrijversfeest (Writers' Fest)
Winternachten 2020
The Schrijversfeest (Writers' Fest) is a festive program with readings and musical performances accompanying the awarding of the four literary prizes of the City of The Hague by Robert van Asten, alderman for Culture. As laudatio givers you will see …
read moreAad Meinderts, Alistair Payne, Gideon Samson, Jasper Albinus, Joke Hermsen, Marente de Moor, Noraly Beyer, Oleg Lysenko, Paul Demets, Robert van Asten, Stefan Hertmans, Thomas de Veen, Tijn Wybenga, Tjitske Jansen
NRC Live Reading Club
Winternachten 2020
The NRC Live Reading Club is a festival tradition. The panel featured two NRC columnists, the poet Ellen Deckwitz and the journalist Clarice Gargard, who discussed Hella Haasse's Oeroeg (1948) with the help of moderator and NRC Editor-in-Chief of …
read moreClarice Gargard, Ellen Deckwitz, Michel Krielaars
Free the Word Night - Oxfam Novib PEN Award
Winternachten 2020
The evening programme will be opened by poet Asha Karami. Her performance will be followed by the introduction of the Free the Word!-speech by PEN International Chair Jennifer Clement. The speech, with a focus on the freedom of expression, will be …
read moreAsha Karami, Asmaa Azaizeh, Barbaros Altuğ, Hassnae Bouazza, Jennifer Clement, Liesbeth Staats, Michiel Servaes, Oleg Lysenko, Samar Yazbek
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer is Europe
Winternachten 2020
What is left of grande dame Europa? Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer takes to the couch in the role of this ailing part of the planet. Together with psychiatrist Damiaan Denys, he discusses the status of important themes such as migration, tourism and the …
read moreDamiaan Denys, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Noa Eyl
Opening Night
Winternachten 2020
A fantastic line-up of fifteen Dutch and international authors provided a preview of the festival with their new poetry and prose, mixed with dance performances by Shailesh Bahoran. This festive evening celebrates the 25th anniversary of the …
read moreAdriaan van Dis, Angelina Enny, Antjie Krog, Cynthia Mc Leod, Ellen Deckwitz, Goenawan Mohamad, Hassnae Bouazza, Jolyn Phillips, Karin Amatmoekrim, Nelleke Noordervliet, Petina Gappah, Reggie Baay, Rosabelle Illes, Shailesh Bahoran, Sigrid Kaag, Simon(e) van Saarloos, Ton van de Langkruis, Vamba Sherif
The Best Books You've Never Heard of
Winternachten 2020
What role do the doorkeepers of literature play - publishers, editors, booksellers, agents and scouts - when it comes to the colour filter? Who ultimately decides what is "good literature" and on what basis? We discuss the issue with Ellah Wakatama, …
read moreEbissé Rouw, Ellah Wakatama, Mylo Freeman, Nancy Jouwe
Book of My Life: Mylo Freeman
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreJet Steinz, Mylo Freeman
Book of My Life: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreIlja Leonard Pfeijffer, Jet Steinz
Book of My Life: Johan Fretz
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreHassnae Bouazza, Johan Fretz
Image-makers and image-breakers
Winternachten 2020
Decolonize the Mind 3: How does the process of decolonization unfold in the living room of the average television watcher, in the established historiography at universities, and in youth literature? During the Friday Night Unlimited program, …
read moreKarwan Fatah-Black, Laura Stavinoha, Mylo Freeman, Simone Zeefuik, Sunny Bergman
National Quiz of New Dutch
Winternachten 2020
Now that the Smibanese Dictionary 2.0 of street language has been published, Writers Unlimited is hosting the National Quiz of New Dutch! Come and test your knowledge of New Dutch, which has influences of Turkish, Sranantongo, Papiamento, English …
read moreAsis Aynan, Funda Müjde, Jörgen Raymann, Noraly Beyer, Soortkill
Poetry Unlimited: Surinam and Aruba
Winternachten 2020
The Dutch-Surinamese poet Antoine de Kom and Rosabelle Illes from Aruba have a conversation with Chris Keulemans about their work and how roots influence it. Both also read from their own work. Antoine de Kom is of Dutch-Surinamese background and …
read moreAntoine de Kom, Chris Keulemans, Ilonka Reintjens, Rosabelle Illes
Indonesia: History is an Always-Broken Promise
Winternachten 2020
Writers from Indonesia and The Netherlands look at the history and the way former colonizers are viewed now. Chris Keulemans talks with them about how this influences their work and invites them to read from their work. Besides being a famous poet, …
read moreAngelina Enny, Chris Keulemans, Goenawan Mohamad, Robin Block
Letters from Overseas
Winternachten 2020
In 1795, the once-enslaved but later freed Wilhelmina Kelderman sent a heartbreaking letter from Paramaribo to her former master. The letter never arrived, as it was on a ship hijacked by the English, ended up in an archive, and was only opened two …
read moreAlfred Birney, Angelina Enny, Antjie Krog, Ellen Deckwitz, Jasper Albinus, Jolyn Phillips, Reggie Baay, Robin Block, Rosabelle Illes
I Have No Other Country than this Country
Winternachten 2020
Connectedness with the fatherland, the struggle with inequality, motherhood, womanhood and aging. Are these themes from the versatile work of Antjie Krog also shared by her younger colleague Jolyn Phillips? Did Krog pave the way for a new generation…
read moreAntjie Krog, Chris Keulemans, Jolyn Phillips
Ellen Deckwitz and Adriaan van Dis: Inheritance
Winternachten 2020
A discussion about family, inheritance and whether or not it is possible to escape the transferral of history, and thereby your roots, and the good fortune or grief that goes along with them. Led by Fiep van Bodegom, with music and poetry by Robin …
read moreAdriaan van Dis, Ellen Deckwitz, Fiep van Bodegom, Robin Block
Unmasking Colonial Myths
Winternachten 2020
Are we dealing with stubbornly clinging myths about colonial times? Writers Reggie Baay, Cynthia McLeod and Johan Fretz discuss colonial myths under the guidance of moderator Sarah Sluimer, with an introductory reading by Nelleke Noordervliet. The …
read moreCynthia Mc Leod, Johan Fretz, Nelleke Noordervliet, Reggie Baay, Sarah Sluimer
Dreaming Pays Off: the poetry of Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Winternachten 2020
Pfeijffers' masterful use of language and inventive style - both daring and humorous - invite an interesting discussion about his poetic oevre. Of course he will also present his own work. In 1998 he won the C. Buddingh Prize for his poetry …
read moreIlja Leonard Pfeijffer, Maarten van der Graaff
Free at Last: A Day of Decolonised Life
Winternachten 2020
Exciting! Are these fairy tales or is this finally a decolonised world? Writers Unlimited asked a very international group of eight authors to sum up a day of colonisation-free existence in poetry or prose. Eight days of liberation, each in their …
read moreAkwasi, Asmaa Azaizeh, Barbaros Altuğ, Çağla Meknuze, Ilonka Reintjens, Jolyn Phillips, Laura Stavinoha, Petina Gappah, Simon(e) van Saarloos, Vamba Sherif
Book of My Life: Angelina Enny
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreAngelina Enny, Hassnae Bouazza
Book of My Life: Cynthia McLeod
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreCynthia Mc Leod, Hassnae Bouazza
Book of My Life: Jörgen Raymann
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreHassnae Bouazza, Jörgen Raymann
Book of My Life: Jolyn Phillips
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreHassnae Bouazza, Jolyn Phillips
Book of My Life: Asmaa Azaizeh
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreAsmaa Azaizeh, Jet Steinz
Book of My Life: Barbaros Altug
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreBarbaros Altuğ, Jet Steinz
Book of My Life: Cagla Meknuze
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreÇağla Meknuze, Jet Steinz
Book of My Life: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Winternachten 2020
Writers tell 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: Jet Steinz.
read moreJet Steinz, Mukoma Wa Ngũgĩ
Art Deco - liberating the Arts
Winternachten 2020
How do musicians, (visual) artists and curators deal with decolonization? How does it influence, enrich or hinder their work? During the Friday Night Unlimited program, several events will focus on the decolonization of the mind. How free is our …
read moreAkwasi, Laura Stavinoha, Quinsy Gario, Simon(e) van Saarloos, Susan Legêne
Fifty Ways to Free Your Language
Winternachten 2020
How do writers relate to decolonizing language and literature, not only in their subject matter but also in the form of their poetry and stories? During the Friday Night Unlimited program, several events will focus on the decolonization of the …
read moreAntjie Krog, Laura Stavinoha, Mukoma Wa Ngũgĩ, Petina Gappah, Simone Atangana Bekono, Simone Zeefuik