Watch, Listen, Read: Winternachten 2019
Feast of Writers
Winternachten 2019
Appearances by singer, cabaret artist and actress Jenny Arean (accompanied on piano by Peter van der Zwaag), singer Mathilde Santing (accompanied by musicians Bastiaan Mulder and Guus Bakker), memory psychologist and author Douwe Draaisma, jazz …
read moreAad Meinderts, Annemarie Estor, Douwe Draaisma, Hans Aarsman, Hassnae Bouazza, Jan van Aken, Jenny Arean, Maartje Meijer, Marja Pruis, Mathilde Santing, Maxime Garcia Diaz, Nelleke Noordervliet, Pauline Krikke, Robert van Asten, Sumai Yahya
Ian Buruma's Choice
Winternachten 2019
Ian Buruma is without doubt one of the most well-known writers and thinkers of our time. You had the unique chance to get to know him better on the basis of his literary taste. We asked him to speak to you about his favourite fiction or non fiction …
read moreChris Keulemans, Ian Buruma
Re-inventing Europe with Adam Zagajewski, Luuk van Middelaar and David Van Reybrouck
Winternachten 2019
Adam Zagajewski, one of the greatest Polish poets of our time, and Luuk van Middelaar, an idiosyncratic political philosopher with close intellectual ties to Brussels, discussed how we can provide Europe with new words, images and visions so that …
read moreAdam Zagajewski, David Van Reybrouck, Luuk van Middelaar
Books Unlimited: Leni Zumas & Jennifer Clement
Winternachten 2019
Get to know literary stars and their recent books. Philosopher Simone van Saarloos talked to US writer Leni Zumas about her futuristic bestseller Red Clocks and to US-Mexican writer Jennifer Clement about her latest novel Gun Love . Expect to …
read moreJennifer Clement, Leni Zumas, Simon(e) van Saarloos
Book of My Life: Derek Otte
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Derek Otte
Book of My Life: Auke Hulst
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Abdelkader Benali.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Auke Hulst
Book of My Life: Roberta Petzoldt
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Roberta Petzoldt
Book of My Life: Mark O'Connell
Winternachten 2019
Writers tell us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Abdelkader Benali.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Mark O'Connell
Book of My Life: HemelBesem
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, HemelBesem
Book of My Life: Arshia Sattar
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreArshia Sattar, Hassnae Bouazza
Book of My Life: Leni Zumas
Winternachten 2019
Writers tell us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreHassnae Bouazza, Leni Zumas
Artificial ignorance: Digital Failure
Winternachten 2019
In order to protect ourselves, Radbout professor Martha Larson pleads for artificial ignorance : some data must be deliberately overlooked in IT. Eight authors made Larson's idea the starting point of their performance. They looked at technology in …
read moreAsha Karami, Flora Valeska Woudstra, Maarten van der Graaff, Maartje Smits, Michael Tedja, Neusa Gomes, Radna Fabias, Saskia de Jong, Tijl Nuyts
Book of My Life: David Van Reybrouck
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreDavid Van Reybrouck, Hassnae Bouazza
Book of My Life: Joke Hermsen
Winternachten 2019
Writers tell us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreHassnae Bouazza, Joke Hermsen
Book of My life: Damiaan Denys
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreDamiaan Denys, Hassnae Bouazza
Book of My Life: Aafke Romeijn
Winternachten 2019
Writers tell us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone. Interview: Hassnae Bouazza.
read moreAafke Romeijn, Hassnae Bouazza
Eternal Texts
Winternachten 2019
Writers Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, and poet and translator Kawa Nemir choose literature, songs, speeches and sacred books with eternal value. They presented fragments and discussed their choices with Abdelkader Benali. In …
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kawa Nemir
Living forever: eternal desire
Winternachten 2019
Adam Zagajewski, eminent poet and essayist from Poland, opened Friday Night Unlimited by reading from his work. Subsequently Ramayana expert Arshia Sattar (India) and Dutch writer and philosopher Joke Hermsen spoke about the desire to live longer. …
read moreAdam Zagajewski, Arshia Sattar, Balout Khazraei, Fouad Laroui, Joke Hermsen
On the Couch: Aafke Romeijn as Katadreuffe
Winternachten 2019
A fictional character visits the shrink! Psychiatrist Damiaan Denys invited musician, journalist and writer Aafke Romeijn onto his couch. As Jacob Willem Katadreuffe, the protagonist from F. Bordewijk's Karakter (1938), she reflected on desires, …
read moreAafke Romeijn, Damiaan Denys
How Dark Is the Future?
Winternachten 2019
Writer and journalist Fiep van Bodegom talked to authors Leni Zumas (US), Mohammad Rabie (Egypt) and Aafke Romeijn (Netherlands) about their expectations and speculations about the near future. All three recently published futuristic novels. In Red …
read moreAafke Romeijn, Fiep van Bodegom, Leni Zumas, Mohammad Rabie
Man-Machine: And Technology Created the New Human
Winternachten 2019
Hanna Bervoets and, from Ireland, Mark O'Connell discussed our "trans-human" future, in part spurred by O'Connell's bestselling To Be a Machine and Bervoets' novel Ivanov . O'Connell gave his book the riveting subtitle Adventures Among Cyborgs, …
read moreFiep van Bodegom, Hanna Bervoets, Mark O'Connell, Martijntje Smits
Poems from the Berber Library
Winternachten 2019
Poets Dean Bowen, Anne Vegter and Joost Baars recited Berber poetry on the occasion of the completion of the Berber Library. This is a collection of works by the most important authors of Berber heritage. At the initiative of writer Asis Aynan and …
read moreAnne Vegter, Asis Aynan, Dean Bowen, Joost Baars, Paul van der Gaag
Books Unlimited: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen & Gioconda Belli
Winternachten 2019
Get to know international literary stars and their recent books. Expect to hear about their motivation to write, the creation of their characters and the worldwide success of their books. Writer and essayist Chris Keulemans talked with Ayelet …
read moreAyelet Gundar-Goshen, Chris Keulemans, Gioconda Belli
Myths as Identity Arena
Winternachten 2019
Old myths about the origins of peoples and about the roots of cultures and conflicts continue to influence us in how we relate to the other and to the here and now. Indian mythologist Arshia Sattar, Ugandan novelist Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and …
read moreArshia Sattar, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Maarten van der Graaff, Rodaan Al Galidi, Wytske Versteeg
Who Wants to Live Forever?
Winternachten 2019
How did they express our (near) future in words or sound? In this literary and musical performance, seven festival authors each presented a new text or poem commissioned by Winternachten, with musical contributions by Syrian-born ud player Jaber …
read moreAafke Romeijn, Arshia Sattar, Auke Hulst, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, HemelBesem, Jaber Fayad, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Leni Zumas
Thinking Beyond the State
Winternachten 2019
Is the state capable of coping with globalization? Can citizens entrust their fate to national politicians while the economy, cultural shifts and the environment are less and less contained by national borders? What are the possibilities and dangers …
read moreDavid Van Reybrouck, Hassnae Bouazza, Ian Buruma, Jennifer Clement
Book of My Life: Mohammad Rabie
Winternachten 2019
Writers told us about their favourite book: the book that inspires or touches them, that set their artistic, moral or intellectual compass. In short, the book they would recommend to everyone.
read moreAbdelkader Benali, Mohammad Rabie
Opening Night - Free the Word!
Winternachten 2019
Opening NIght of the Winternachten festival is dedicated to freedom of expression, featuring poetry, music, the Free the Word! speech, and the Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony. Robert van Asten, The Hague Elderman for Mobility, Culture and Strategy …
read moreDareen Tatour, Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, Gioconda Belli, Hassnae Bouazza, Jennifer Clement, Madeleine Thien, Michiel Servaes, Radna Fabias, Raj Mohan, Robert van Asten, Ton van de Langkruis