Today in Rotterdam
6:45 PM
in the Small Auditorium
Rotterdam City Theater
Reading:
Vahe Arsen, Marije Langelaar, Ron Silliman
8:00 PM
Small Auditorium
Rotterdam City Theater
Special Event:
Someone Will Remember Us I Say (on Sappho)
Chus Pato, K. Satchidanandan, L.K. Holt,
Márcio-André, Olli Heikkonen, Ron Silliman,
Ulrike Draesner, Umar Timol, Vahe Arsen
Today in Rotterdam
7:00 PM
in the Foyer
Rotterdam City Theater
I’m interviewed (in English) by Samuel Vriezen
8:00 PM
Main Auditorium
Rotterdam City Theater
Today in Rotterdam
2:30 PM
@ Tsjechov & Co
(The Chekov Café)
A Meeting of Poets
Rotterdam & the World
B. Zwaal, Chus Pato, Hédi Kaddour,
Inuo Taguchi, Jan Lauwereyns , K. Satchidanandan,
K. Schippers, Karen Solie, L.K. Holt,
Márcio-André, Najwan Darwish, Ron Silliman,
Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Tomaž Šalamun, Umar Timol,
Vahe Arsen
8:00 PM
@ Main Auditorium
Rotterdam City Theater
Opening Ceremony:
And Today I Pray
This week in the Netherlands
June 12-17, Rotterdam City Theatre
43rd Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
Sascha Aurora Akhtar, Vahe Arsen, Najwan Darwish,
Dolores Dorantes, Ulrike Draesner, Olli Heikkonen,
L.K. Holt, Hédi Kaddour, Marije Langelaar,
Jan Lauwereyns , Márcio-André, Chus Pato,
Tomaž Šalamun, K. Satchidanandan, K. Schippers,
Ron Silliman, Karen Solie, Inuo Taguchi,
Umar Timol, B. Zwaal
RON SILLIMAN has written and edited 40 books, and had his poetry and criticism translated into 16 languages. Silliman was a 2012 Kelly Writers House Fellow, the 2010 recipient of the Levinson Prize from the Poetry Foundation, a 2003 Literary Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2002 Fellow of the Pennsylvania Arts Council, and a 1998 Pew Fellow in the Arts. Silliman has a plaque in the walk dedicated to poetry in his home town of Berkeley and a sculpture in the Transit Center of Bury, Lancaster, a part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. He lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.
