The day programme of Crossing Border highlightedDay programme 2 November
On Saturday 2 November, between 10:00 and 17:30, Crossing Border hosts a day programme with international writers and special events. The authors will be talking about their recently published novels.
The events take place in various locations in The Hague: Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Het Mauritshuis, BorderKitchen, Theater Vaillant and Theater Pepijn.
With: Stefan Hertmans (Bel.) (interviewer Jelle van Riet), Karl Marlantes (US) (interviewer Rob van Scheers), Slobodan Šnajder (Cro.) (Interviewer Michel Krielaars), Solvej Balle (Den.) (interviewer Lidewijde Paris) and Sana Valiulina (NL) (interviewer Lisa Weeda).
An all day Kids’ programme for kids between 0-12 years at Theater Vaillant.
The European Literature Prize award ceremony with Olga Tokarczuk and Karol Lesman at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
Separate tickets for the writer interviews and kids programmes are available in the Crossing Border ticket shop. Don't wait too long if you don’t want to miss out. The European Literature Prize is already sold out.
Stefan Hertmans (1951) writes novels, plays, essays and poems. His work has been awarded the AKO Literature Prize and the Constantijn Huygens Prize, among others. In his latest novel Dius, Stefan Hertmans shares the irresistible life story of an unfashionable artist's soul, in a moving novel about friendship, love and vulnerability.
Karl Marlantes (1944) served as a marine in the Vietnam War. He has been honored with several awards, including the Purple Heart, which he received twice. He made his debut in 2010 with Matterhorn, which he worked on for thirty years, about his experiences in this war. A classic in the genre that caused a lot of controversy. He is now back with his new book: Cold Victory. A spy thriller.
The Croatian writer Slobodan Šnajder (1948) became known to the general public with his novel The Repair of the World. In October 2024, his new novel will be published: The Angel of Disappearance, which he worked on for eight years.
Solvej Balle (1962) has been around in the literary world for some time. She has published several novels, poems and short prose. Now she is storming the literary stages with her latest work, the seven-part On the Calculation of Volume. In this surrealist novel, Tara Selter lives in a large house in Bremen with a small collective of time prisoners, who are stuck on the date of November 18.
In Waar alle wegen ophouden, which will be published at the end of October, Sana Valiulina follows her father's fourteen-year odyssey. His journey takes him from Western Russia to Brittany and Normandy and back to his homeland via England, where he disappeared into the gulag for ten years as a traitor. Who was this enigmatic man, who was so different from other fathers?
More information about the programme
The European Literature Prize ceremony
On 2 November, the European Literature Prize 2024 will be awarded. The winning book is Empusion by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Karol Lesman (De Geus publishers). The award ceremony will take place from 16:30 in the Kunstmuseum. There, Tokarczuk, who previously won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Lesman will receive the prize from jury chair Niña Weijers. After the ceremony Olga Tokarczuk and Karol Lesman will discuss the book with a moderator.
This programme is sold out.
Kids’ Programme
Furthermore on Saturday: the Crossing Border Kids’ programme. There, we welcome a selection of writers and illustrators of international children's literature.
There are books that are intended for pre-readers (0-4), early readers (4-8) and middle-grade (8-12) and 12+. The programmes are bilingual: the mother tongue and Dutch. In addition to the interactive reading aloud, there are hands-on workshops and interviews about the creative and artistic process behind the stories. With the selection of authors and illustrators, we bring a diversity of voices, languages and life experiences.
Practical information
The children's programme consists of separate one-hour events for different age groups.
Location: Theater De Vaillant
Date: November 2
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Language: bilingual: original language of the book and Dutch
