Poet of Frylân invited to Sardinia literary festival

14/04/2022

Poet of Fryslân Sigrid Kingma has been invited to a literary festival in Sardinia. She heard this on Tuesday evening during a visit by a delegation of Italian language minorities to Fryslân.

The representatives of three language minorities from Italy will be immersed in Frisian culture this week. They are here at the invitation of the Dutch embassy in Rome.

Kingma’s poem had been translated into the minority languages ​​Sardinian, Friulian and Ladin before the visit. These different versions were presented in the Tryater building. That also came as a surprise to Kingma: “It was beautiful. I was able to follow that second.” Festival organizer Tore Cubeddu of Sardinia was so impressed by Kingma’s text and presentation that he spontaneously invited her to come to Sardinia in September for a literary festival.

The Friulians, Sardinians and Ladinians are here to gain inspiration from how things are arranged in Frisian culture. According to them, the Frisian minority in the Netherlands has good facilities.

Arjan Hut new Poet of Fryslân: ‘Less WiFi, more poetry!’

16/11/2023

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.

Last poem Sigrid Kingma as Poet of Fryslân

25/10/2023

‘Once more’ is the last poem by Sigrid Kingma as Poet of Fryslân. Can also be read today in the Friesch Dagblad, the Leeuwarder Courant and on the Omrop Fryslân website.