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Mark Strand's poetry in word and image
On april 22 one of the most important American poets Mark Strand pays an exclusive visit to the Netherlands for City2Cities. Strand proved before in 2006 that he is a true performer. In this blog his well known poem ‘Eating Poetry’ in English and in the Dutch translation with a beautiful movie adaptation
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Young Poet Jaume reports about the translation weekend
Oh yeah babies! Two weeks ago the Youn Poets Society had the great opportunity to visit Utrecht: our main aim was to finish the translations of our poems that will be published and read by us at iPoetry Live during City2Cities next April.
Kafka's mouse in Utrecht
I spotted a shockingly modern variant of Kafka’s famous fable in Utrecht today!
Interview (in English) with Czech author Tomáš Zmeškal
Listen to the interview David Vaughn made for Radio Prague with Tomáš Zmeškal:
'Prague is much more challenging for me, but therefore also much more interesting'
At the end of 2011 the Czech-Dutch literary scene assembled in Amsterdam for the presentation of Markéta Pilátová’s novel My eyes will lead you home. My eyes will lead you home revolves around the ‘exile’ theme and the feeling it causes of not knowing where you feel at home. During the last decennium Pilátová lived, among other places, in Granada and São Paulo. Now she has returned to the city which plays a big role in her novel: Prague. After the presentation we got a chance to talk with her about Prague and the main theme of her novel.
