Author: Etienne

Etienne van Heerden reading in Restaurant Tjing-Tjing, De Pijp, Amsterdam, Netherlands, from a collection of poems on wine which he co-edited. The evening celebrated South African food, wine and literature.

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).

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.

Being interviewed by Ingrid Glorie in the Cultural Centre, Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

Click here to listen to the podcast of an interview with Tineke de Nooij, Hilversum, Netherlands.

Being interviewed by ex-governor of the Province of Antwerp, Ludo Helsen, at Heist-op-den-Berg, Beerzel-Putte, Belgium.

Interview in Boekhandel De Zondvloed, Mechelen, Belgium, with Brussel FM’s DJ Kim Ponsaerts, and South African novelist Marita van der Vyver.

Being interviewed in Mechelen, Belgium, by Belgium daily De Standaard‘s Catherine Vuylsteke. Click here to download a PDF of the interview.

Groningen University, Netherlands, symposium on Afrikaans Literature.

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.)