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    Tag: The Netherlands

    Her compelling mouth, the scent of lavender and cigarette smoke

    Dear Dola, Set in Amsterdam on the eve of World War II, The Tree and the Vine (2020, tr. Kristen Gehrman. Original: De thuiswacht, 1954*) is narrated…… Read more “Her compelling mouth, the scent of lavender and cigarette smoke”

    30 de July de 202030 de July de 2020 by juliana

    Dola de Jong

    Dola de Jong (born Dorothea Rosalie de Jong, 10 October 1911 – 12 November 2003) was a Dutch writer. Born to a wealthy Jewish family in The…… Read more “Dola de Jong”

    30 de July de 202030 de July de 2020 by juliana

    The alphabet of my childhood

    Dear Hella, Running just beneath the nostalgic waters of The Black Lake (tr. Ina Rilke, 2012. Original: Oeroeg, 1948), there is a disturbing current of tainted innocence: at…… Read more “The alphabet of my childhood”

    20 de December de 201920 de December de 2019 by juliana

    Hella Haasse

    Hella Haasse (Hélène Serafia “Hella” Haasse, married name Hélène Serafia Lelyveld-Haasse; 2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer. She was born in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta),…… Read more “Hella Haasse”

    20 de December de 201920 de December de 2019 by juliana

    I was giving the glad-eye like blazes

    Dear Connie, The Laws (1993, tr. Richard Huijing. De Wetten, 1991) reads like a draft of a draft: the shadow of an idea, hovering over the page…… Read more “I was giving the glad-eye like blazes”

    17 de July de 201813 de December de 2018 by juliana

    Connie Palmen

    Connie Palmen (Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria “Connie” Palmen, 25 November 1955) is a Dutch writer. She studied Dutch literature and philosophy. Awards Libris Prize for Jij zegt het (2016)…… Read more “Connie Palmen”

    17 de July de 201817 de July de 2018 by juliana

    Howling out of beauty

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQq6y29YSA My awkward attempt at translating the lyrics: “Beautiful Oh well, see, the lambs are still slurping from their freshly shaven mothers And see how the young…… Read more “Howling out of beauty”

    10 de June de 201810 de January de 2020 by juliana

    Maarten van Roozendaal

    Maarten van Roozendaal (3 mei 1962 – 1 juli 2013), was a Dutch singer-songwriter. Van Roozendaal was born into a family of six in the small town…… Read more “Maarten van Roozendaal”

    10 de June de 201811 de June de 2018 by juliana

    Migrating from one waiting room to another

    “Human rights Having faith is lazy and coward. Lazy for assuming a story to be true without wanting to test it. Coward because one discards the doubt…… Read more “Migrating from one waiting room to another”

    28 de May de 201828 de May de 2018 by hanwenn

    Arnon Grunberg

    Arnon Grunberg (February 22, 1971) is a Dutch writer. He was born in Amsterdam to Jewish parents who emigrated from Germany after the war. When he was…… Read more “Arnon Grunberg”

    28 de May de 2018 by hanwenn

    it was clear as a streetcar: I am a flower

    “Triumph of Love II – by Belcampo When the wind blew over the village, it also blew across the impenetrable woods, and the castle within, which was…… Read more “it was clear as a streetcar: I am a flower”

    6 de June de 2017 by hanwenn

    Belcampo

    Belcampo (pseudonym of Herman Pieter Schönfeld Wichers, 21 Juli 1902 – 2 January 1990) is a Dutch writer. In 1933, after completing his studies in notarial law,…… Read more “Belcampo”

    6 de June de 20176 de June de 2017 by hanwenn

    I am an ocean of waiting

    Ebb by M. Vasalis I withdraw and wait. This is the time that won’t go amiss: Every minute turns itself into future. I am an ocean of…… Read more “I am an ocean of waiting”

    1 de March de 20178 de May de 2017 by juliana

    M. Vasalis

    M. Vasalis (pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans, 13 February 1909– 16 October 1998) was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. She studied medicine and anthropology at Leiden University. Poems…… Read more “M. Vasalis”

    1 de March de 20172 de March de 2017 by juliana

    With my difficult eyes

    Dear Judith, I came to you through my husband, who is a huge fan of your poetry. Some of the first Dutch poems we translated together were…… Read more “With my difficult eyes”

    7 de March de 201617 de June de 2016 by juliana

    Judith Herzberg

    Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born November 4, 1934 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch Jewish poet. She lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel. She writes poems and…… Read more “Judith Herzberg”

    7 de March de 20162 de March de 2017 by juliana

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