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Ramsey Nasr voted the Netherlands’ new national poet
31 januari 2009
The selection of the new Dichters des Vaderlands was organised by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, NPS, NRC Handelsblad, the Poëzieclub and Poetry International.
Link:
Ramsey Nasr’s poet page on PIW
On 28 January, on the eve of the National Day of Poetry of the Netherlands and Flanders, it was announced that 35-year-old Ramsey Nasr had won the public vote to become Dichter des Vaderlands – the title bestowed to the Dutch equivalent of Poet Laureate.
Ramsey Nasr is a poet, author, actor and director. His first collection of poems 27 Poems and No Song was published in 2000. In 2005, he was city poet for Antwerp in Belgium.The selection of the new Dichters des Vaderlands was organised by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, NPS, NRC Handelsblad, the Poëzieclub and Poetry International.
Link:
Ramsey Nasr’s poet page on PIW
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