Translators of Etienne van Heerden’s books: Karina van Santen (30 Nachten in Amsterdam), Martine Vosmaer (Klimtol) and Rob van der Veer (De Betoverde Berg).
Author: Etienne
Photo: Symposium on literary translation
Symposium on literary translation, organized by the Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen and the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, at the library of the Nederlands Letterenfonds, Amsterdam. With publisher Joost Nijsen and novelist Sonja Loots.
Photo: Being interviewed by Ingrid Glorie
Being interviewed by Ingrid Glorie in the Cultural Centre, Hoofddorp, Netherlands.
Podcast of interview with Tineke de Nooij
Click here to listen to the podcast of an interview with Tineke de Nooij, Hilversum, Netherlands.
Photo: Being interviewed by Ludo Helsen
Being interviewed by ex-governor of the Province of Antwerp, Ludo Helsen, at Heist-op-den-Berg, Beerzel-Putte, Belgium.
Photo: Interview in Boekhandel De Zondvloed
Interview in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium, with Brussel FM’s DJ Kim Ponsaerts, and South African novelist Marita van der Vyver.
Photo: Interview in Mechelen
Being interviewed in Mechelen, Belgium, by Belgium daily De Standaard‘s Catherine Vuylsteke. Click here to download a PDF of the interview.
Photo: Symposium on Afrikaans Literature
Groningen University, Netherlands, symposium on Afrikaans Literature.
YouTube: The most beautiful Afrikaans poem of all times
During the closing manifesto of the Week of The Afrikaans novel, in The Hague, Netherlands, the public had the opportunity to vote for the most beautiful Afrikaans poem of all times. A poem by Breyten Breytenbach, nominated by Etienne van Heerden, collected the most votes. Herewith the YouTube video with the suggested poems read by the invited authors and translators, starting with a reading by a representative of the South African embassy. Van Heerden reads the winning poem at the end of the line-up (01:26).
(Tijdens de slotmanifestatie van de Week van de Afrikaanse literatuur, op vrijdag 26 september in Den Haag, kreeg het publiek de kans om het MOOISTE AFRIKAANSE GEDICHT ALLER TIJDEN te kiezen. De keuze viel op dít gedicht van Breyten Breytenbach, dat werd voorgedragen door Etienne van Heerden.)
Photo: Symposium on South African Literature
At the University of Groningen, Netherlands, at a symposium on South African Literature. Writers Kirby van der Merwe, Irma Joubert, Marita van der Vyver, Etienne van Heerden and Sonja Loots.