Foreign authors
Every year Passa Porta receives up to 9 foreign writers in residence in Brussels. We create the ideal work environment for their literary project, in the research and writing phase. Priority is usually given to authors (of prose, poetry, graphic novels or literary non-fiction) whose work is available in Dutch or French, and authors whose project is related to Belgium or Europe.
On this page you can find the list of all our writers in residence since the opening of Passa Porta in 2004.
What does a residence consist in?
As a writer in residence you stay for one month in a spacious apartment and you receive a stipend. In addition, Passa Porta can involve you in Belgian cultural life and the network of the house of literature.
We sometimes ask you to be open to meeting Belgian audiences or making other literary contributions. Such assignments are properly compensated.
IMPORTANT
Passa Porta is no longer accepting applications for 2025.
Literary authors can apply in July and August for a residency in the following year. They can do so by sending a CV, a list of publications and published translations of their work, and a one-page description of their writing project to residences@passaporta.be.
