Aperitif: Annelies Verbeke & Muhanned Bennana
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For the last of our summer aperitifs, authors Annelies Verbeke and Muhanned Bennana invite you to listen to their texts and have a frank discussion about what it means as an author to have a place and how this idea has changed in the wake of the corona pandemic.
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After a spring spent withdrawn from the world, we invite you this summer to look at the world beyond the four walls that surround you. Throughout the summer, you can go backstage at Passa Porta and enjoy a drink while engaging in frank conversations about literature and the world of today.
Every Tuesday, towards the end of the day, we will invite one or two authors to talk about and read from their work in a casual setting. Poets, slammers, novelists and non-fiction authors, established names and emerging talents in the Belgian literary landscape and beyond will take the floor to question contemporary society, always through the lens of literature.
annelies verbeke
Annelies Verbeke debuted in 2003 with SLAAP! and has since written ten books and a number of plays. Her work has been translated into 26 languages. Verbeke is a fervent advocate of the genre of the short story, of which she has published three collections: Groener gras (2006), Veronderstellingen (2012) and Halleluja (2017), with which she won the J.M.A. Biesheuvel Prize for best story collection.
muhanned bennana
Muhanned Bennana est un journaliste et prosateur libyen. Après avoir fui son pays, il a trouvé refuge à Gand, où il vit et y travaille. Bennana a présenté son travail, entre autres, au Festival littéraire d'Asmara Addis en exil et au Snug Harbor. En 2019, Bennana a été en résidence à Passa Porta dans le cadre du projet européen Literary Europe Live. Avec son amie et mentor Annelies Verbeke, il a cherché à répondre à la question qui suivante "C'est quoi, chez moi ?".
Picture Annelies Verbeke © Liesbeth Kuipers
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