99 years ago

According to tradition, today March 17 at 16:00h it is exactly ninety-nine years ago that the famous French writer/poet Guillaume Apollinaire was wounded in the Bois des Butte at La Ville-aux-Bois et Pontavert, a small town near the Chemin des Dames.  A shrapnel pierced his helmet and his head. He got surgery several times; also… Lees verder 99 years ago

99 years ago

According to tradition, today March 17 at 16:00h it is exactly ninety-nine years ago that the famous French writer/poet Guillaume Apollinaire was wounded in the Bois des Butte at La Ville-aux-Bois et Pontavert, a small town near the Chemin des Dames.  A shrapnel pierced his helmet and his head. He got surgery several times; also… Lees verder 99 years ago

Back from the Vosges area

  Last week writer and photographer visited the snowy slopes and summits of Lac Blanc, de Col du Bonhomme, Col du Linge, Col de la Schlucht and Col du Chapelotte. With temperatures up to minus 16 ° C and the occasional blizzard, it was freezing cold in the Vosges. However, we returned with wonderful material.… Lees verder Back from the Vosges area

Back from the Vosges area

  Last week writer and photographer visited the snowy slopes and summits of Lac Blanc, de Col du Bonhomme, Col du Linge, Col de la Schlucht and Col du Chapelotte. With temperatures up to minus 16 ° C and the occasional blizzard, it was freezing cold in the Vosges. However, we returned with wonderful material.… Lees verder Back from the Vosges area

Terug uit de Vogezen

  Schrijver en fotograaf bezochten afgelopen week de besneeuwde hellingen en toppen van Lac Blanc, de Col du Bonhomme, Col du Linge, Col de la Schlucht en de Col du Chapelotte. Met temperaturen tot -16 °C en af en toe een sneeuwstorm was het ijzig koud in de Vogezen. We keerden terug met bijzonder materiaal.… Lees verder Terug uit de Vogezen

Back from the Vosges area

  Last week writer and photographer visited the snowy slopes and summits of Lac Blanc, de Col du Bonhomme, Col du Linge, Col de la Schlucht and Col du Chapelotte. With temperatures up to minus 16 ° C and the occasional blizzard, it was freezing cold in the Vosges. However, we returned with wonderful material.… Lees verder Back from the Vosges area

Acclaimed Flemish authors

We are delighted that three acclaimed Flemish authors last week confirmed their participation in the Hindenburg Line Project: Prof. dr. Geert Buelens (1971), Flemish poet, essayist , columnist, professor of Modern Dutch Literature at the University of Utrecht and author of Europe to Europe! About the poets of the Great War. Tom Lanoye (1958) ,… Lees verder Acclaimed Flemish authors

Acclaimed Flemish authors

We are delighted that three acclaimed Flemish authors last week confirmed their participation in the Hindenburg Line Project: Prof. dr. Geert Buelens (1971), Flemish poet, essayist , columnist, professor of Modern Dutch Literature at the University of Utrecht and author of Europe to Europe! About the poets of the Great War. Tom Lanoye (1958) ,… Lees verder Acclaimed Flemish authors

Acclaimed Flemish authors

We are delighted that three acclaimed Flemish authors last week confirmed their participation in the Hindenburg Line Project: Prof. dr. Geert Buelens (1971), Flemish poet, essayist , columnist, professor of Modern Dutch Literature at the University of Utrecht and author of Europe to Europe! About the poets of the Great War. Tom Lanoye (1958) ,… Lees verder Acclaimed Flemish authors

Vlaamse ster-auteurs

We zijn verheugd dat een drietal gelauwerde Vlaamse ster-auteurs vorige week hun medewerking aan het Hindenburgline Project bevestigden: Prof. dr. Geert Buelens (1971), Vlaams dichter, essayist, columnist, hoogleraar Moderne Nederlandse Letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Utrecht en auteur van o.m. Europa Europa! Over de dichters van de Groote Oorlog. Tom Lanoye (1958), dichter, columnist en… Lees verder Vlaamse ster-auteurs