Tsjêbbe Hettinga (1949-2013)
8 March 2013 by Bas Kwakman There are persistent rumours, based on half-proofs, that Odysseus did not land at Ithaka, but in …
On the shoulders of shopping-bag people
31 January 2013 by Piet Gerbrandy It is no easy task to write poetry about the dominant concerns of our society. Where many poets …
Like Music to Our Ears: Poetry Week 2013
31 January 2013 by Megen Molé From 31 January through 6 February 2013 the Netherlands and Flanders are holding their very first …
‘I don’t like to be pigeonholed’
30 January 2013 by Michele Hutchison Michele Hutchison talks to Ramsey Nasr at the end of his four-year term as Dutch Poet Laureate
Even offices wear down into dust
1 November 2011 by Marjoleine de Vos
Herman Gorter: an introduction
15 December 2010 by Paul Vincent If Herman Gorter (1864–1927) is still well known to anyone outside of the Low Countries, it is …
Interview with Tomas Lieske
1 June 2010
“I can afford to have principles”
15 January 2010 by Thomas Blondeau Once upon a time he had difficulty with the term ‘artist’. Now he is the Poet Laureate. He feels …
Hanny Michaelis at the Poetry International festival 2003
1 October 2009 by Mirjam van Hengel Hanny Michaelis published her first collection, Klein Voorspel (Little Prelude) in 1949. What …
About Nachoem M. Wijnberg
1 June 2009 by Jan-Willem Anker Nachoem M. Wijnberg (Amsterdam, 1961) has been writing poetry and novels at demonic speed for …
About Arjen Duinker
1 June 2009 by Jan-Willem Anker Since 1988, the year of his debut collection Rode oever, Arjen Duinker (Delft, 1956) has written …
About Rutger Kopland
1 June 2009 by Rob Schouten Rutger Kopland published his first collection, Onder het vee (Among the Cattle), in 1966 at a time …
About Gerrit Kouwenaar
1 June 2009 by Erik Menkveld Gerrit Kouwenaar (Amsterdam, 1923) is considered to be one of the most important Dutch writers …
She also used that drain
1 January 2009 by Guus Middag Just as in a diary or weblog, you can easily lose yourself for an hour or so in the verses of …
There’s a man, there’s a woman
1 October 2008 by Marte Kraan This interview was published in the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer in March 2008, after …
Chinese Whispers 2008
11 June 2008 by Michele Hutchison In the Chinese Whispers project a Dutch poem is translated from one language to another during the …
Menno Wigman: Poet with a Drum Set in his Head
1 December 2007 by Martijn Meijer “Menno Wigman is a remarkable figure”, says poet and journalist, Joris van Casteren. “There is …
Thomas Möhlmann interviews Tsead Bruinja
1 September 2007 by Thomas Möhlmann It’s Monday 26th February 2007 and I’m speaking to the young poet Tsead Bruinja who has published …
Chinese Whispers 2007
18 June 2007 by Michele Hutchison Each year, during the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam, the consequences of translation …
Thomas Möhlmann interviews Alfred Schaffer
1 June 2007 by Thomas Möhlmann It is Tuesday, February 27th and I am speaking to the young poet, Alfred Schaffer, who has …
Live streaming event
23 August 2006 Poetry International Web hosted a world premiere in June: poets from the 2006 Poetry International …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2006
1 June 2006 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN This June issue takes a sneak peek at the 37th Poetry International Festival (www.poetry.nl), …
Translating Toon Tellegen
1 March 2006 by Judith Wilkinson Translation is inevitably a process of metamorphosis, an audacious leap from one poem to another, …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2006
1 March 2006 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN Until 1997 Toon Tellegen (1941, Den Briel) combined writing with running a GP practice; …
The absolute must be undermined: Mustafa Stitou forces a clash of concepts
6 January 2006 by Ron Rijghard In his conversational poetry, Mustafa Stitou mixes the commonplace with the sublime. “In the hope …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - January 2006
1 January 2006 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN A new year has started and a new issue is here. In 2006, just as in the previous two years, we’ll …
Jansma at the Poetry International Festival 2000
1 September 2005 by Janita Monna Esther Jansma is pleased with the words ‘Under the earth’, which Rutger Kopland used as the title …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - September 2005
1 September 2005 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN After the multitude of poets we presented to you in our previous issue (Tsead Bruinja, Judith …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - July 2005
1 July 2005 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN UPDATE – A sad though undeniable fact: the 36th edition of the Poetry International Festival in …
Anne Vegter at the Poetry International Festival 2000
1 June 2005 by Janita Monna Anne Vegter has trained herself in many genres. She made her début as a writer of children’s …
Judith Herzberg at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2000
1 June 2005 by Mirjam van Hengel Judith Herzberg made her début in 1963 with Zeepost, a collection which won wide acclaim and was …
Tsead Bruinja at the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 2005
1 June 2005 by Jabik Veenbaas Tsead Bruinja (1974) studied English at the University of Groningen. Bruinja is a bilingual poet: …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2005
1 June 2005 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN This June issue offers a sneak peek at the 36th edition of the {a …
As if everything has been filmed
1 March 2005 by Paul Demets Erik Lindner creates poems like a cameraman, says Paul Demets in this review of Lindner’s …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2005
1 March 2005 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN In the undertow of this new March issue dreams and films drift along. The relationship between …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - December 2004
1 December 2004 by THOMAS MÖHLMANN With this December issue we present the poetry of three modern day Frisian poets. They write their …
A soft spot for harbours
30 November 2004 by Corine Vloet The ‘epic’ poetry of Tsjêbbe Hettinga is characterized by a remarkable attentiveness …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - September 2004
1 September 2004 by Thomas Möhlmann Last June, at the Poetry International festival in Rotterdam, no less than nine Dutch poets were …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - June 2004
1 June 2004 by Thomas Möhlmann Welcome to the Dutch homepage, which introduces a considerable part of the ‘rainforest-like …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - March 2004
1 March 2004 by Thomas Möhlmann Over thirty contemporary Dutch poets, mainly from the Netherlands, but also from Flanders (the …
Introduction to Memories of the Unknown
29 February 2004 by James Brockway Translator James Brockway on the ever-growing international acclaim for Rutger Kopland's …
Welcome to Dutch poetry - May 2003
1 May 2003 by Arjen Duinker Arjen Duinker is the new Dutch 'Poet of the Quarter'. He has eight collections of poetry …
I have been built for humans
21 January 2003 by Rob Schouten One evening, about ten years ago, I was standing at the bar during the Poetry International …
‘Poetry is more enduring than any matter’
11 December 2002 by Elizabeth Lockhorn For a long time, Gerrit Kouwenaar (78) was branded ‘a cold, calculating constructor’. His hermetic …
 

 
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