het beschrijf presents

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  • Th 14.01 | 20:15 flagey - studio 4 EN flag schrijver
    a writers' europe

    david grossman
  • Su 24.01 | 11:00 de munt / la monnaie ENG (FR + NL) flag schrijver
    A stage with a view

    lisa appignanesi and paul verhaeghe on family relationships and murder

    Lisa Appignanesi and Paul Verhaeghe discussed the myth of Elektra, and the heroine's desire to commit matricide. Actor Sara De Bosschere read excerpts from the original text by Sophocles and Peter Tomek played piano transcriptions of the opera by Richard Strauss.

  • Th 28.01 | 12:30 passa porta NL flag Make a reservation schrijver
    dutch poetry

    charles ducal - all poetry dates from today

    Students, teachers and poetry lovers met poet Charles Ducal. Especially for Poetry he wrote a lively essay on the power and timeliness of poetry, from his years of experience teaching Dutch.

  • Th 28.01 | 18:00 passa porta NL / FR / EN flag Make a reservation schrijver
    vers brussel

    honoré d'o presents his dvd 'babel'

    For Vers Brussel, visual artist Honoré δ'O, in collaboration with German poet Ulf Stolterfoht, produced the DVD Babel. The Brussels European district provided their inspiration. Presentation by the artist and contributors...

    • We 26/05/2010 - 17:05

    • new book: writing away from home

    • Het beschrijf proudly presents Writing Away from Home. International Authors in Brussels, a new book comprising a selection of pieces written by foreign authors on the basis of their stay in Brussels or Flanders. Read more...

    • We 05/05/2010 - 16:05

    • the european house of literature in oslo

    • This week, Het beschrijf's director Sigrid Bousset is representing the International House of Literature Passa Porta at the seminar The European House of Literature in Oslo, Norway.

    • Tu 09/03/2010 - 11:03

    • photos ismael kadaré

    • In this season's photo album you can find some pictures of our evening with Ismael Kadaré in Brussels. (c) A. Crespo.

    • Tu 23/02/2010 - 16:02

    • babel at the military museum

    • Presentation of the poetic film Babel by visual artist Honoré d'O, created for Het beschrijf in collaboration with German poet Ulf Stolterfoht. Saturday 6 March at the Military Museum.

    • 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."

    • 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...

    • 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...

    • 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.