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“What I am reflecting on is that I have to forgive people, events, time, the world, the country and probably also myself in order to be able to write. Your Clarice Lispector was trying this, I assume, and somehow apparently she managed. Or maybe I should say this: I am writing in order to forgive.” 

— Ece Temelkuran (Turkey), Letter to Annelies Beck, 15 August 2016

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found in translations

Congratulations to Anne Elshof and Danielle Keller, who have made the two most succesful Dutch translations of the opening pages of British author Olivia Sudjic's novel Sympathy. The results are published here. Olivia Sudjic is Passa Porta's writer-in-residence for March-April 2018.

Mon 09.04

passa porta seminar 2018 ‘the reader’

Read the new essays by our Seminar authours In Koli Jean Bofane, Kees 't Hart, Florence Noiville and Christophe Van Gerrewey, discussing the relation between writer and reader.

Wed 14.03

globe aroma raid

A cultural institution must be able to be a safe, creative haven where talent weighs more than documents. Be it Passa Porta, or Globe Aroma. Read the French or Dutch version of the open letter signed by various cultural institutions.

Mon 12.02

in memoriam aharon appelfeld

The great Israeli writer Aharon Appelfeld passed away earlier this month. In May 2014 he was Passa Porta's guest at Flagey for a long conversation and a reading from his work. Watch the video here.

Fri 19.01

in residence: jacques beaudry

Jacques Beaudry has arrived in Brussels! During his residence at Passa Porta, he will work on a literary essay taking the form of a posthumous dialogue between Belgian poet Sophie Podolski and Québécoise novelist Nelly Arcan.

Wed 10.01

passa porta’s noble prize 2017

Read Véronique Bergen's eulogy for the award ceremony of our Noble Prize 2017, granted to the late Marguerite Yourcenar on 26 November 2017. (In French)

Tue 28.11
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