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About Poetry International Archives
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May 23, 2013
Since 1988, Poetry International has awarded the yearly C. Buddingh’ Prize for the best Dutch-language poetry debut during the Poetry International Festival. We believe one of our most important tasks is also to showcase the strength, quality, and diversity of Dutch-language poetry to readers abroad. Both Poetry Archives’ internationally edited online poetry collection and our strong ties to festivals the world over serve as key platforms in that regard.
Poetry International ARCHIVES (poetryinternational.org):
First launched as the English-language Poetry International Web in November 2002, the Poetry International Archives website brings you thousands of poems by acclaimed modern poets from all around the world, in the original language and in translation. In keeping with the spirit of the web, it is a truly international collaboration. The central staff in Rotterdam works with editors from around the world. These active international domains publish poems, translations, audio recordings, interviews and relevant articles.
On these pages you can find information about: current editors and central office staff.
Poetry International ACTIVITIES (poetry.nl):
C. Buddingh’ Prize – Poetry International’s annual prize for best Dutch language debut collection poetry, awarded at the Poetry International Festival
Poet in residence – each year Poetry International invites a poet for whom it is not safe to write poetry in her or his home country to stay for a period of six weeks as a poet in residence in Rotterdam
Education: Louder than a Bomb – Poetry and spoken word workshops at Rotterdam highschools culminating in a thrilling poetry slam finale during the festival
Poetry Academy – Courses, workshops, and masterclasses in writing, reading, and performing poetry, throughout the year, with special editions at the festival
Het gedicht is een bericht (The poem is the message) – Almost 35 years of festival poetry in lines on the flanks of our Rotterdam garbage trucks
Advice and archive
Manuscripts, letters, photos, films and audio recordings, translations: Poetry International's archive (currently being digitised) contains unique documentation related to the poets who have been guests to the festival since 1970. Publicists, researchers and literary organisations in the Netherlands and worldwide can make use of these items. The Poetry International Foundation also answers questions about contemporary Dutch poetry.
The board of Poetry International
Mireille Pondman | chair
Emile ten Hoor | treasurer
Hans Bousie
Daphne de Heer
Elif Söylemez
Gino van Weenen
At Poetry International Rotterdam we are crazy about poetry, whether from the Netherlands or the world at large. This is why everything we do is geared towards sharing poetry with audiences that are as expansive and diverse as possible, and why we are dedicated to strengthening the exchange between people who write poetry, people who translate poetry, and people who enjoy poetry, both on stage and online.
Poetry International was born out of the Poetry International Festival, which has been bringing the absolute best international poets to appreciative Rotterdam crowds since 1970. The annual festival each June remains our most important activity, along with the Poetry Archives online, which collects and showcases poets and poems from around the world.Since 1988, Poetry International has awarded the yearly C. Buddingh’ Prize for the best Dutch-language poetry debut during the Poetry International Festival. We believe one of our most important tasks is also to showcase the strength, quality, and diversity of Dutch-language poetry to readers abroad. Both Poetry Archives’ internationally edited online poetry collection and our strong ties to festivals the world over serve as key platforms in that regard.
Poetry International ARCHIVES (poetryinternational.org):
First launched as the English-language Poetry International Web in November 2002, the Poetry International Archives website brings you thousands of poems by acclaimed modern poets from all around the world, in the original language and in translation. In keeping with the spirit of the web, it is a truly international collaboration. The central staff in Rotterdam works with editors from around the world. These active international domains publish poems, translations, audio recordings, interviews and relevant articles.
On these pages you can find information about: current editors and central office staff.
Poetry International ACTIVITIES (poetry.nl):
C. Buddingh’ Prize – Poetry International’s annual prize for best Dutch language debut collection poetry, awarded at the Poetry International Festival
Poet in residence – each year Poetry International invites a poet for whom it is not safe to write poetry in her or his home country to stay for a period of six weeks as a poet in residence in Rotterdam
Education: Louder than a Bomb – Poetry and spoken word workshops at Rotterdam highschools culminating in a thrilling poetry slam finale during the festival
Poetry Academy – Courses, workshops, and masterclasses in writing, reading, and performing poetry, throughout the year, with special editions at the festival
Het gedicht is een bericht (The poem is the message) – Almost 35 years of festival poetry in lines on the flanks of our Rotterdam garbage trucks
Advice and archive
Manuscripts, letters, photos, films and audio recordings, translations: Poetry International's archive (currently being digitised) contains unique documentation related to the poets who have been guests to the festival since 1970. Publicists, researchers and literary organisations in the Netherlands and worldwide can make use of these items. The Poetry International Foundation also answers questions about contemporary Dutch poetry.
The board of Poetry International
Mireille Pondman | chair
Emile ten Hoor | treasurer
Hans Bousie
Daphne de Heer
Elif Söylemez
Gino van Weenen
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