On Tuesday April 12, Sigrid Kingma will recite a poem as Poet of Fryslân to a delegation from the Dutch Embassy of Rome and Dutch Culture. The delegation will visit various institutions in Friesland. The poem by the Poet of Fryslân that will be recited is also expected to be translated into Ladin and Furlan. Two small languages from the north of Italy.
‘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.