Het Woord

Poetry with Gerry van der Linden, Renée Luth, Ingmar Heytze, and Luan Buleshkaj. DJ mixing Chu. Presentation Yvonne van Doorn-Mousset & Diana Ozon.
Church Ruigoord, door open 15:00, access free

Gerry van der Linden is poet, prose and visual artist. She debuted in 1975 with poems in the literary magazine "Poem" edited by Remco Campert. In 1978 the bundle came the note (Bezige Bij) and then she published twelve poetry collections of which the last one of which will stay it (| New Amsterdam, 2021). She wrote the Novelle Enveloppe, the novels Wind and Dolk and publishes poems, short stories and essays in, among others, Hollands Maandblad and De Poëziekrant. Her work has been translated and awarded in different languages. In 2018 she received the prestigious dittët e Naimit Prize for her international oeuvre poetry (Macedonia). Since 1995 she has been a teacher of poetry and writing training at the Schrijversvakschool Amsterdam.
De Pers: "Van der Linden's work is lived in Van der Linden's work, but also finely registered. Poet, visual artist and literary organizer. She was the city poet of Groningen from 2019 to 2021. Her poetry is characterized by strong visual language and rhythm. She published three poetry collections at Passage Uitgeverij: Pingpongtong (2011), preparation (2016) and mermaids do not sink (2021). Luth is active as a poetry teacher and ghost Word in primary and secondary education and organizes cultural events. With projects such as 'Green Poetry' she brings poetry and ecology together in public space, for example through moss and rain poems. She was chairman of the jury for the Groninger Culture Prize and is involved in literary initiatives such as the Dichtclub. Her work connects art, science, nature and social themes in a unique way. After all, she was shown for two years as a table lady at TV Noord/ Noord today and was an editor of Lesbian magazine for many years.

Ingmar Heytze (1970, Utrecht) no longer needs an introduction in his hometown: you can't cycle far without encountering a wall poem from him. He was a house philosopher at the Centraal Museum (1999-2000) and the first official city poet of Utrecht (2009- 2011). As a poet/performer, he performs throughout the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, he can regularly be seen and heard with news poems for radio and television. The most recent achievement is his thirteenth bundle Postkamer, which appeared at Van Oorschot in early 2025 and had to be reprinted within a month. Ingmar Heytze is on his own The Beatles of Dutch poetry. Joost Zwagerman compelling and intoxicating at the same time, a party to read ... an incredibly good lecture poet. Ronald Giphart

Luan Buleshkaj is a word artist in the broadest sense of the word and is an established name in the Spoken Word scene in the Netherlands. The born and raised Amsterdammer with Kosovar Albanian roots was on countless renowned stages and theaters in the Netherlands. From Lowlands to Carré. From the small comedy to the National Theater. He is currently a columnist at De Nieuws BV of Radio 1 and his columns are very popular online. With his solo performance "Leeuwenkind", Luan won the Ramses Shaffy prize. "Luan Buleshkaj excels in a sharp pen. He shows an enormous language precision and keeps surprising with his rhyme schemes, striking metaphors or semantic sorcery, "NRC wrote.