upcoming
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Tu 09.02
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
aanverwanten
jan de cock
First episode of the new series Aanverwanten (relatives) by Het beschrijf. With visual artists, including Jan De Cock, and hostess Chantal Pattyn.
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We 10.02
| 20:00
literaturhaus stuttgart
DE
hommage
hugo claus in stuttgart
Paintings by Hugo Claus at Literaturhaus Stuttgart. Opening with the writers Cees Nooteboom and Joachim Sartorius.
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Tu 16.02
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
jan arends
An evening honouring the Dutch writer Jan Arends, with Iwein Segers, Stefaan Vanbrabandt, Jessa Wildemeersch, and Arends' biographer, Nico Keuning.
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Fr 19.02
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
poetry
paul bogaert & de Slalom soft Live
Lecture-performance of the latest collection of poems by Flemish poet Paul Bogaert.
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Tu 23.02
| 12:30
passa porta
NL
salon non-fiction
sami zemni
Political scientist Sami Zemni in conversation with Jef Lambrecht, on the subject of Islam...
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We 24.02
| 20:00
passa porta
EN
writer in residence
lars husum
The young Danish author Lars Husum published his succesful debut novel Mit venskab med Jesus Kristus ('My Friendship with Jesus Christ'). Interview by Marc Reugebrink.
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Th 25.02
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
oscar van den boogaard
On the occasion of his new book, Meer dan een minnaar (more than a lover), the writer Oscar Van den Boogaard talks with Doctor of Psychology, Lieven Jonckheere.
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Tu 02.03
| 20:00
passa porta
FR
meet the author
ismail kadare
Meeting with the albanian author Ismail Kadare...
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Th 11.03
| 20:00
passa porta
NL
boekpresentatie
omtrent daniƫl robberechts
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Fr 26.03
| 20:00
passa porta
EN
meet the author
mia couto
Meeting with the writer Mia Couto...
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- Th 21/01/2010 - 13:01
residences
The French Canadian writer Myriam Beaudoin sent us her new novel 33, chemin de la Baleine (Editions Leméac). Her residency with us in winter 2008 was spent writing a great part of it. Or put in her own words: "The last hundred pages have been written in Vollezele. These pages are the most beautiful and truest in the book."
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- We 20/01/2010 - 18:01
video david grossman
A new video was added on our YouTube-channel: a fine excerpt from the conversation between David Grossman and Annelies Beck at Flagey, held on Thursday 14.1.10. On brotherhood, intimacy, and the incomplete "knowing" of the other. Watch here...
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- Tu 12/01/2010 - 16:01
die frau mit den 5 elefanten
Screening of Vadim Jendreyko's beautiful documentary about Svetlana Geier, the remarkable German translator of Dostoyevsky's big novels. At Beursschouwburg, 20 January, 20:30...
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- Th 19/11/2009 - 12:11
su tong wins the man asian prize
The Chinese author Su Tong, who was in residence at Het beschrijf in October, has won the prestigious Man Asian Prize for his novel The Boat to Redemption. More...
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- Fr 27/03/2009 - 13:03
photos opening passa porta festival
On Thursday 26 March, the Hungarian writer Péter Nádas was reading Work Song to open the Passa Porta Festival 2009. Photos (c) Elke Verheyen.
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- Mo 23/03/2009 - 18:02
passa porta festival
The second edition of the Passa Porta Festival is ready to roll. Once again, it promises to be an unforgettable literary rendezvous: with a wide-ranging, top quality, multilingual and international programme. From 26 till 29 March. Discover the FULL PROGRAMME. And here is an interview with Sigrid Bousset, director of Het beschrijf, in the newspaper Flanders Today.


