Double up on Dutch Poetry
Two prize-winning poets, Simone Atangana Bekono and Radna Fabias, exemplify the formal and linguistic diversity of contemporary Dutch poetry. Join us for this very special reading from their new books, translated by David Colmer.
In When The First Sparks Became Visible, Simone Atangana Bekono draws the reader in through all their senses, in poems that are personal and political, confident and innovative. Radna Fabias’ English language debut Habitus is subversive, visual and bold moving from the Caribbean island of Curaçao to the immigrant experience of the Netherlands. A double shot of dynamic Dutch poetry!
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- Time: 3:45pm - 4:45pm
About the author(s)
Radna Fabias (1983) is a Dutch writer and poet. She was born on Curaçao and studied culinary arts and playwriting at the Utrecht School of the Arts. Fabias made her debut as a poet in 2018 with the poetry collection Habitus, which was awarded the C. Buddingh’-prize, the Awater Poetry...
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Simone Atangana Bekono (1991) is a poet and graduated from Creative Writing Artez with her first poetry collected titled How the First Sparks Became Visible in 2016. She won the Poëziedebuutprijs Aan Zee for this collection in 2018. She participated in the 2016 Slow Writing Lab, the talent development programme...
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