On Friday, February 2nd, the Poet of Fryslân opened the Lân fan Taal-building OBE at the Oldehoofsterkerkhof in Leeuwarden.
The opening poem ‘Words’ Journey’ can also be read on this website in Frisian, Dutch and English. The Dutch translation was done by Elske Schotanus, the English translation was done by David Colmer.
‘Less WiFi, more poetry’ is the latest poem by Arjan Hut as Poet laureate of Fryslân. Can also be read today in the Friesch Dagblad, the Leeuwarder Courant and on the Omrop Fryslân website.
Arjan Hut (Drachten, 1976) was officially appointed as the new Poet of Fryslân by deputy Eke Folkerts today at the Explore the North festival in Leeuwarden. The appointment is for two years. Arjan Hut is the fourth Poet Fan of Fryslân and the successor to Sigrid Kingma.