Watch, Listen, Read: Winternachten 2002
Live Anthology: taboos of love and literature
Winternachten 2002
'These are the same people who used to think that anything goes and everything should be allowed. Now they want to prohibit everything which they suspect might bring enjoyment to someone else' (Gerrit Komrij). Maybe 'taboo' is the most culturally …
read moreAntjie Krog, Ayu Utami, Basil Appollis, Ernest Pépin, Fouad Laroui, Frank Martinus Arion, Gerrit Komrij, Manon Uphoff, Michaël Zeeman, Pauline Melville
Wingewest van het geweten 2
Winternachten 2002
In 1998 Winternachten organized a panel-discussion with the same title. During that meeting writers Frank Martinus Arion and Adriaan van Dis formed a committee for the erection of a national slavery-monument. In june 2002 the monument will be …
read moreAndré Brink, Cynthia Mc Leod, Frank Martinus Arion, Henk Schulte Nordholt, Henk van Woerden, Michaël Zeeman
Sermonizing: Stephan Sanders
Winternachten 2002
In his sermon on Passion and Love the writer Stephan Sanders gave us a picture of sex-life in the gay-scene. Dutch spoken.
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Sermonizing: Naima el Bezaz
Winternachten 2002
One of the young literary talents in The Netherlands. In her sermon on the State of Passion and Love she told the story of a young married woman in Morocco. Dutch spoken.
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Sermonizing: Antjie Krog
Winternachten 2002
South Africa and love. According to president Thabo M'Beki, AIDS has nothing to with sex, but everything with poverty. Free condoms were handed out, but the story goes they were all faulty due to the staple with which they were attached to the …
read moreAntjie Krog
Sermonizing: Anne Vegter
Winternachten 2002
Dutch author Anne Vegter held a sermon on the State of Passion and Love, in which she gave some instructions in love-making. Dutch spoken.
read moreAnne Vegter
Sermonizing: Jan Mulder
Winternachten 2002
In the Dutch tv show 'Barend & Van Dorp' we see him tackle any form of political correctness. No sweet talking for him. In a sermon Jan Mulder gave his vision on the miserable State of Passion and Love in The Low Countries. Dutch spoken.
read moreJan Mulder
Sermonizing: Frank Martinus Arion
Winternachten 2002
'Many of the problems of the Antilles would be solved if the men would understand more of female sexuality'. A preach on morals by the writer from Curaçao. Dutch spoken.
read moreFrank Martinus Arion
Surinamese Love-Poetry from the Lowlands
Winternachten 2002
Our climate doesn't stop Surinam and Antillean poets from writing poems about love. With poets John Leefmans, Raj Ramdas and Soegiman Kromopawiro. Dutch spoken.
read moreJohn Leefmans, Michiel van Kempen, Raj Ramdas, Soegiman Kromopawiro
Every Bakra his Own Mistress
Winternachten 2002
To add a little color to a very Dutch relation, teacher Theo from the Dutch town Hoorn, begins a relationship with a Surinam woman in Joost Zwagerman's novel De buitenvrouw (The Mistress). Surinam writer and teacher Annel de Noré, Frank Martinus …
read moreAnnel de Noré, Ed van Eeden, Frank Martinus Arion, Joost Zwagerman
Soekarno
Winternachten 2002
Sukarno is hot! Even his daughter has become president. His biography was published in Jakarta in 2001. It was written by a Dutchman no less, author Lambert Giebels. He talked about his findings with journalist Ed van Westerloo, who had the only …
read moreEd van Westerloo, Lambert Giebels, Paul van der Gaag, Remco Raben
The State of Passion and Love
Winternachten 2002
'I tell you, love is a chemical reaction, with an inevitable bad ending'. With these words Gerrit Komrij opened this festival. His sermon was the starting point of a conversation on passion and love, between writer Connie Palmen and 'Happy Hooker' …
read moreConnie Palmen, Ed van Eeden, Gerrit Komrij, Xaviera Hollander
Indonesian authors show unprecedented openness
Winternachten 2002
The two writers contributing to this program, describe love and female sexuality with an in Indonesia unprecedented openness. The poems of Dorothea Rosa Herliany show how women take the initiative in love, sometimes even with a hint of machismo. In …
read moreAyu Utami, Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Henk Maier
Talking with André Brink
Winternachten 2002
Passion and love in South-African literature. This subject is strongly connected with one of the great writers of South-Africa, André Brink. On invitation of Winternachten, he visited the Netherlands to talk with journalist Michaël Zeeman on his …
read moreAndré Brink, Michaël Zeeman
The Language of Love
Winternachten 2002
Antjie Krog and Kristien Hemmerechts are both masters in writing odes to loved ones. 'Liefste, jy mág nie doodgaan nie' (Dearest one, you can not die), Antjie Krog wrote in her collection Kleur komt nooit alleen nie (Color never comes alone). This …
read moreAntjie Krog, Elsbeth Etty, Kristien Hemmerechts
Sex on paper
Winternachten 2002
'The sweetest margerine-advertising I ever heard,' responded writer Stephan Sanders to the sex-scene just his collegue Ronald Giphart just read from his work. 'Sex of men above fourty is disgusting', was one of Gipharts remarks. With Manon Uphoff, …
read moreEd van Eeden, Manon Uphoff, Ronald Giphart, Stephan Sanders
Veiled Love
Winternachten 2002
Is there such a thing as middle ground when lovers come from such different worlds as the Jewish and Islamic spheres? Does love cross boundaries between culture and religion? Or does one end up in 'the wrong love story', as happens in Fouad Laroui's …
read moreFouad Laroui, Michaël Zeeman, Naima el Bezaz, Tamarah Benima
Hidden Hostility
Winternachten 2002
A monument to remember slavery is an important and sensitive subject matter at the moment, especially for the different (ex-) colonial territories the Caribian. Frank Martinus Arion (Curaçao) is an important spokesman in this matter. With Pauline …
read moreErnest Pépin, Frank Martinus Arion, Michaël Zeeman, Pauline Melville
Poetry from Madura and Yogyakarta
Winternachten 2002
Zawawi Imron is one of the foremost poets/performers from Indonesia. He invariably manages to captivate his audience, thanks to the impressive performance of his epic poems. He lives on Madura, a small island east of Java. Joko Pinurbo (Yogyakarta…
read moreAyu Utami, D Zawawi Imron, Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Henk Maier, Joko Pinurbo
Love Makes History
Winternachten 2002
Illegal love affairs are of all times. Relationships between black and white during the era of slavery and colonialism, relationships with prostitutes, adultery - Surinam literature has a rich history of love. In this program, three Surinam authors …
read moreClark Accord, Cynthia Mc Leod, John H. de Bye, Michaël Zeeman