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Februari 2016: een vervalser betrapt Giel Belen. Bellen met: Paul Damen. Vara-radio, 3 FM, 03-03-2016.
Naschrift: Giel Beelen noch de Vara hebben, toen ik eind november 2016 (jawel, toen pas) achter het bestaan van dit vraaggesprek kwam, willen reageren op de vraag waarom niet de moeite werd genomen contact met mij op te nemen over dit onderwerp.
The Dutch City Poets Who Memorialize the Lonely Dead Artikel over de eenzame uitvaart op opinie/nieuwssite van Emerson College, Boston (MA), USA. "Any funeral is poignant. But that’s particularly the case for those who die anonymously, unclaimed by friends or family. In the Netherlands, city poets have responded to the tragedy of “lonely funerals” by researching each deceased person and writing a tailored poem. The poems are short, stark, and moving speculations on identity and loss. (...) The lonely funeral poems were the brainchild of the delightfully named Bart FM Droog, the city poet for Groningen, in 2001. (The city poet designation came with an initial award of EUR 5,000 per year.) Droog’s idea soon spread to other Dutch cities, as well as to parts of Belgium. In Brussels, volunteers attend funerals that would otherwise be unattended. (...) Originator Droog has referred to the poetry tributes as being a “social task of the poet.” He’s wondered whether his interest in mystery deaths stems from the fate of his uncle Niek, who was never found after his time in a concentration camp during World War II. “Each death has its own story,” he’s commented, and Niek’s has gone untold."(...) Christine Ro. The Dutch City Poets Who Memorialize the Lonely Dead. Ploughshares, Emerson Colleges, 24-12-2016. http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/the-dutch-city-poets-who-memorialize-the-lonely-dead/ |
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