From 1 November to 31 December 2025, Rozalie Hirs (*1965) will be the poet-in-residence in Vienna, Austria, as part of the prestigious Friederike Mayröcker Residency Programme. During this time, she will have the unique opportunity to live and work in the former apartment of renowned Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021). […]
Category: poetry events
the case for a small language network (2024) – installation, ntaa, ghent, belgium
From 20 February to 8 June 2025, the installation The Case for a small Language Network (2024), created by visual artist Richard Vijgen in collaboration with Rozalie Hirs, based on her poetry collection Infinite Sense (2021), can be seen at the international new media art exhibition ‘Intelligence, it’s automatic: from […]
poetry performance – boektopia, permeke library, antwerp, belgium
->> Nederlands On Saturday afternoon, 30 November 2024, Boektopia goes on tour and celebrates poetry in collaboration with the Permeke Library in Antwerp, Belgium. Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets. Further information will follow after the summer. November Book Month. The book fair Boektopia brings authors with readings, […]
performance – poetry festival roeselare, belgium
->> Nederlands On Sunday 24 November 2024 from 17:00 CET onwards, the fourth edition of the International Poetry Festival takes place in Roeselare, Belgium. The theme of this edition is spirituality. About a dozen guest poets read from their own work and respond to Guido Gezelle’s poem ‘Als de ziele […]
poetry performance – boektopia, genk, belgium
->> Nederlands On Saturday afternoon, 23 November 2024, Boektopia goes on tour and celebrates poetry at the Public Library in Genk, Belgium. Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets there. Further information will follow after the summer. November Book Month. The book fair Boektopia brings authors with readings, performances […]
performance – 41st poetry night, tivoli vredenburg, utrecht
On Saturday 5 October 2024 from 20:00 CET, the 41st Nacht van de Poëzie (Poetry Night) takes place in the Great Hall of TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. Among the guest poets are Mahat Arab, Simone Atangana Bekono, Daan Doesborgh, Bibi Dumon Tak, Anna Enquist, Lies Van Gasse, Astrid Haerens, Kees ’t Hart, […]
the case for a small language network (2024) – installation, mu, eindhoven
From 4 October until 24 November 2024, the museum installation The Case for a small Language Network (2024), which visual artist Richard Vijgen made in collaboration with Rozalie Hirs, based on her poetry book oneindige zin (infinite sense, 2021), is exhibited at MU, Eindhoven. The installation came about with financial […]
feeling-thinking: embodiment and knowledge in the poetry of rozalie hirs and anne carson – PhD thesis helena van praet, university of louvain-la-neuve
On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 3:00 PM, the public defense of Helena Van Praet’s dissertation, titled Feeling-Thinking: Embodiment and Knowledge in the Poetry of Rozalie Hirs and Anne Carson, takes place at the ‘Sénat académique’, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Halles universitaires, Place de l’Université 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (Wallonia). The […]
performance – poëzie in de oude pastorie, kapelle-op-den-bos, belgium
On 31 August 2024 between 14:00-18:30, the Poëzie in de Oude Pastorie Festival (Poetry in the Old Rectory festival) takes place at the Old Rectory in Kapelle-op-den-Bos (near Mechelen), Belgium. Poetry in the Old Rectory is an annual low-threshold poetry festival where established poets & up-and-coming talents, local writers & […]
poetry performance – hof van bollé, aardenburg, zeeland
On Sunday 18 August 2024, Casa Portiera ABC welcomes poets/word artists Philip Hoorne, Daryl Grootfaam, Ad van Rijswijk, and Rozalie Hirs for a poetry event at Aardenburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands. With music performances by David Marcinek and Wiechert Vermeulen. The sound engineer is Jeets Durenkamp. The event takes place at […]
love and courage, you need the two – interview jelle van riet, de standaard
27 July 2024. Today, De Standaard publishes the interview with Rozalie Hirs ‘Love and courage, you need the two’ by Jelle van Riet (interview: Jelle Van Riet; photography: Desiré van den Berg). Van Riet is a Flemish journalist, writer and podcast maker, known for more than 20 years for her […]
performance – leiden poetry night, de burcht
On Friday evening, June 21, 2024, midsummer night, Rozalie Hirs is one of the guest poets during the Leidse Poëzienacht (Leiden Poetry Night) in the Burcht, Leiden. She will read from her new collection of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024). The organization of the Leidse Poëzienacht is in the hands […]
presentation monument for ilse starkenburg
On Friday afternoon, April 19, 2024 at 15:00 CET, a new sculpture by visual artist Timon Hagen is presented at Zoutkeetsplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The monument in memory of the poet Ilse Starkenburg, contains a selection of her work. In addition, there is an exhibition in the window galleries of […]
come out – review alfred schaffer, de groene amsterdammer
April 17, 2024. Today the latest issue (2024/no.16) of the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer was published, including Alfred Schaffer’s fine review ‘Come out’ of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Read the full article online on De Groene’s website or buy the magazine at your favorite bookshop.
bringing memories to life – review helena van praet, poëziekrant, ghent, belgium
March 28, 2024. The latest issue of the Poëziekrant (Poetry Newspaper) 2/2024 contains, among many other things, Helena Van Praet’s beautiful review, ‘Bringing memories to life through sprinkle speech,’ about the poetry collection dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Querido, 2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Van Praet writes: “Hirs makes use of an impressive […]
the reader is also a maker – interview cora de vos, meander magazine
On Thursday, March 28, 2024, an interview entitled ‘The Reader is also a Maker’ by Cora de Vos with poet Rozalie Hirs is published in Meander Magazine. Below are a few quotes. Read the entire interview on Meander Magazine [Dutch only]. About ecologica (Uitgeverij Vleugels, 2023): “ecologica, and perhaps all […]
ecologica (2023) selected for longlist grote poëzieprijs 2024
14 March 2024. Today, the longlist for De Grote Poëzie Prijs (The Great Poetry Prize, The Netherlands) 2024 was announced in the press, including on Tzum. From just under a hundred books of poetry published last year, the jury chose the following longlist of twelve collections, in alphabetical order: Anker […]
the ecological system – avonden, perdu, amsterdam
On Friday evening 15 March 2024 at 8PM, the literary venue Perdu presents the ecological system. During this evening, poet/composer Rozalie Hirs and writer/artist Miek Zwamborn unite topics that keep recurring in their poetry, music, and visual work. Immerse yourself in this dialogue of lyrical, playful language experiments and odes […]
dagtekening van liefdesvormen (2024), book presentation – de tribune, maastricht
On Saturday afternoon 27 January 2024 from 16:00-17:00, the literary bookshop De Tribune, Maastricht, will presents the new collection of poetry dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Publisher Querido, 2024) by Rozalie Hirs. Bookseller Henk Groenewegen presents the afternoon and interviews Rozalie Hirs about her new work. The poet reads from the new […]
the hague literature awards ceremony, royal national theatre, the netherlands
On 21 January 2024 at 14:30 CET, the Hague Literature Prizes are awarded at the Royal Theatre, The Hague. Three important Hague Literature Prizes go to Tomas Lieske, Rozalie Hirs and Tjibbe Veldkamp today. The festive presentation takes place during the International Literature Festival Writers Unlimited. Host of the event […]
poëziekrant, ghent, belgium – poetry publication
On 15 January 2024, the new issue of Poëziekrant 2024/1 is published by Poëziecentrum, Ghent, Belgium. It contains interviews with Edward van den Vendel and Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, In Memoriams for Hans Tentije (1944-2023) and Tine Ruysschaert (1923-2023), and many reviews and essays. There is also brandnew poetry by Hester Knibbe, […]
book presentation kees ‘t hart, zaal 3, the hague, the netherlands
On 21 December 2023 at 16:00, Kees ‘t Hart will present his new poetry collection Het vogelkerkhof (Publisher Querido, 2023) in Zaal 3, De Constant Rebecqueplein 20A, The Hague. He will read the collection together with thirty colleagues and friends. For the full line-up, see below. The Bird Cemetery is […]
artemis (2022), november music – netherlands premiere
On 10 November 2023 at 19:00 CET during November Music the Ensemble Ascolta and Keren Motseri (soprano) perform the Netherlands premiere of the song cycle artemis (2022) by Rozalie Hirs. The location is Willem Twee Concertzaal FKA De Toonzaal, Den Bosch, The Netherlands. The song cycle was composed by Hirs […]
dreams of airs (2017-18), dag in de branding, the hague
On 21 October 2023 at 15:00 CET Ensemble Klang, Michaela Riener (voice), and Hardy Li (conductor) perform the poetry and music cycle dreams of airs (2017-18) by Rozalie Hirs during the Dag in de Branding Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands. The location is Korzo Theater, The Hague. With visual art […]
book presentation farhad showghi, goethe institute, amsterdam
On Saturday 30 September 2023 at 16:00 CET, the new poetry collection Het alfabet verandert van taal (Ghent: Poëziecentrum, 2023) by Farhad Showghi, translated into Dutch by Annelie David, is presented at the Goethe-Institut, Amsterdam. During the afternoon program, Farhad Showghi reads poems together with his translator Annelie David and […]
poetry reading from ecologica, muze van zuid, amsterdam
On 17 September 2023 at 13:00, Rozalie Hirs performs eight poems, selected from her new collection ecologica (Uitgeverij Vleugels, 2023) at the Muze van Zuid Festival in Amsterdam. The event is at a secret location near Sarphatipark, Amsterdam; we gather at 12:30 CET at Het Groen Gemaal in Sarphatipark (entrance […]
dreams of airs (2017-18), muze van zuid, amsterdam
On 15 September 2023, Ensemble Klang, Michaela Riener (voice), and Hardy Li (conductor) perform the poetry and music cycle dreams of airs (2017-18) by Rozalie Hirs during Muze van Zuid Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The location is the Vondel Church, Vondelstraat 120, Amsterdam. With live visual art by Geert Jan […]
zonnezegen, a tribute to mark van tongele (1956-2023), watou poetry and arts festival, belgium
On 26 August 2023 at 3PM, the Watou poetry festival pays homage to poet Mark van Tongele (1956-2023). Carl De Strycker, former director of Poëziecentrum, Ghent, hosts the afternoon. Koen Vergeer presents a lecture on the poetics of Mark van Tongele. Fellow poets Kurt de Boodt and Rozalie Hirs read […]
forum, dudok city hall, hilversum – poetry publication
On Saturday afternoon 15 April 2023 at 14:00 CET, the latest issue of Forum – architecture magazine is presented in the courtyard garden of the Town Hall, Hilversum, The Netherlands. The theme of the new issue is The Garden. Architects and designers have made contributions in image and writing. The […]
ecologica (2023), seedlings: poetry & ecology, amsterdam – book presentation
On 2 April 2023 at 15:00 CET at the Perdu Foundation in Amsterdam, Saskia Stehouwer and Rozalie Hirs present their new poetry collections wonen op de rand van het wonder (Publisher Marmer, 2023) and ecologica (Publisher Vleugels, 2023). During the program zaailingen (seedlings): poetry & ecology, the poets Moya De […]
ecologica (2023)
“It is her most daring and possibly most personal collection to date, in the sense that the poet’s voice sounds more pervasively forceful than ever” (Helena Van Praet, Poëziekrant)
“The best-kept secret of Dutch poetry. Rozalie Hirs writes poems like no one else does. Lyrical, musical, intuitive and very precise.” (Joost Baars, De Dolfijn)
“That way the words of Hirs, who is also active as a composer, are like music: the chords flow into one another rhythmically, quite oblivious of the boundaries of a sentence.” (Jeroen Dera, De Standaard)
“Hirs has managed to fashion a very urgent contemporary problem, climate change, into a lyrical stream of words. Doing so, she connects the magic of poetry to the biting irony of protest.” (Helena Van Praet, Poëziekrant)
dreams of airs (2017-18), orgelpark, amsterdam, the netherlands – portrait concert
On Sunday 4 December 2022 at 14:15 CET, the Amsterdam cutting-edge music venue Orgelpark presents a portrait concert of Rozalie Hirs. The performers are Lore Binon (voice), Spectra Ensemble, Filip Rathé (conductor), Boris Tellegen AKA Delta and Geert Jan Mulder (visual artists). The afternoon programme evolves around Rozalie’s dreams of […]
all that green and blue (2022) – world premiere
–> Nederlands On Saturday 29 October 2022 at 20:00 CET Rozalie Hirs presents the first live performance of her new composition all that green and blue (2022), based on her own texts, and commissioned by the literary festival Woordnacht. The Saturday evening programme kicks off with the new composition Wolkenbewegingen […]
ik doe mijn haar (2022), theatre performance – world premiere
On Friday 28 October 2022 new theatre pieces by Hannah van Binsbergen, EW Geerlings, Rozalie Hirs, Toine Horvers, Maria Machelina de Rooij en Anne Vegter will receive their first performance by the actors Sytske van der Ster (photograph) and Joep Dorren. In addition Dante Boon performs new works for organ […]
artemis (2022), ensemble ascolta, donaueschingen, germany – world premiere
During die Donaueschinger Musiktage, on Saturday 15 October 2022 at 11:00 CET, Keren Motseri (soprano) and ensemble ascolta perform the world premiere of artemis (2022), a new work by Rozalie Hirs. The concert at Bartók Saal, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Stuttgart, Germany, is recorded live for radio broadcast. Ensemble ascolta opens the […]
power to the planet, rindert de groot – publication
On 1 October 2022 the new book power to the planet – de geslaagde revolutie is het begin van de verandering (editors: Rindert de Groot, Farid Tabarki), appears with Studio Zeitgeist, Amsterdam. For more activities about the revolution, please visit the website power to the planet Part of the publication […]
lidy van marissing – portrait event, perdu
On Friday 23 September 2022, Perdu presents an evening to celebrate the work of Dutch writer and poet Lidy van Marissing (*1942). Frank Keizer provides an introduction and Arjen Mulder a lecture on her work. In addition, a selection of the film Rooksporen (1991) is shown, based on the screen […]
poets at the prinsentuin, groningen, the netherlands
From 8 until 10 July 2022 the poetry festival Dichters in de Prinsentuin takes place at Hortus Botanicus, Haren (near the city of Groningen), The Netherlands. On Saturday 9 July 2022 Rozalie Hirs performs as one of the guest poets this year: From 14:00-14:30 CET Rozalie Hirs performs alongside Tsead […]
hand in hand (music and poetry) – podium on saturday, ntr, the netherlands
On Saturdays from 17:00-19:00 CET on the Netherlands radio channel NPO Radio 4 host Wouter Pleijsier presents the radio programme Podium on Saturday (NTR). During the show on 11 December 2021 Rozalie Hirs reads the poetry cycle ‘hand in hand’ [1-5] from her recent book infinite sense (oneindige zin; Amsterdam: […]
infinite sense (2021), nijmegen – book presentation
On Thursday 18 November 2021 from 17:30-19:00 CET Rozalie Hirs presents her new poetry book oneindige zin (infinite sense; Amsterdam: Querido Publishers) at Poëziecentrum Nederland in collaboration with in the independent Roelants Bookshop. The venue is located in the public library of Nijmegen, province of Gelderland, The Netherlands. During the […]
dreams of airs (2017-18), athelas sinfonietta, copenhagen, denmark – danish premiere
On Sunday 7 November 2021 at 17:00 CET Athelas Sinfonietta of Copenhagen, Signe Asmussen (voice), and James Sherlock (conductor) present a portrait concert of Rozalie Hirs. The programme evolves around the Danish premiere of Rozalie’s dreams of airs (2017-18), a cycle in which poetry and music play equally important roles. […]
spor af lykkebringer (melodika forlaget, denmark, 2021) – book presentation
On Sunday 7 November 2021 at 16:00 CET Forlaget Melodika presents the new Danish poetry book spor af lykkebringer by Rozalie Hirs, translated by Birthe Lundsgaard. The location is Koncertkirken, Copenhagen, Denmark. The host is Melodika’s publisher Peter H. Olesen (below photograph). The event includes an interview by Martin Glaz […]
dreams of airs (2017-18), orgelpark, amsterdam, the netherlands – portrait concert
***POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19*** On Sunday 31 October 2021 at 14:00 CET, the Amsterdam cutting-edge music venue Orgelpark presents a portrait concert of Rozalie Hirs. The performers are Lore Binon (voice), Spectra Ensemble, and Filip Rathé (conductor). The afternoon programme evolves around Rozalie’s dreams of airs (2017-18), a cycle in […]
interview, mug magazine, amsterdam
On 25 October 2021 MUG Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has published Jos Verdonk’s interview with Rozalie Hirs on her new book oneindige zin (infinite sense; Querido, 2021). With a portrait photograph by Marco Borggreve. Read the full interview here.
infinity stairs (2014), loos, the hague – portrait concert
On Sunday 24 October 2021 at 20:00 CET Stichting LOOS Den Haag presents the portrait concert infinity stairs with music and poetry by Rozalie Hirs. Performers include Keren Motseri (soprano), Fie Schouten (bass clarinet), Wiek Hijmans (electric guitar), Marieke Franssen (flute), and Rozalie Hirs (spoken word). The location is LOOS, […]
infinite sense (2021), bilthoven – book presentation
On Saturday morning 23 October 2021 from 11:00-12:00 CET Rozalie Hirs presents her new poetry book oneindige zin (infinite sense; Amsterdam: Querido Publishers) in the independent Bilthoven bookshop. The bookshop, located in Bilthoven, province of Utrecht, was designed by the Dutch architect Dudok. During the event Ingmar Heytze interviews Rozalie […]
infinite sense (2021), athenaeum, amsterdam – book presentation
On Thursday 21 October 2021 at 19:00 CET the independent Athenaeum bookshop presents the new poetry book oneindige zin (infinite sense; Amsterdam: Singel Uitgeverijen | Uitgeverij Querido, 2021) by Rozalie Hirs to the public. Querido’s foremost poetry editor Thomas Möhlmann offers the first book, hot off the press, to the […]
ways of space (2019), aubette, france – lecture
–> Nederlands On Saturday 16 October 2021 from 14:00 CET until 18:00 CET the intermedial architectural music installation ways of space (2019) by Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs is exhibited at the Aubette, Strasbourg, France, including several rounds of the installation at 14:30 CET, 15:30 CET, 16:30 CET, and 17:30 […]
infinite sense (2021), rotterdam – book presentation
On Sunday afternoon 10 October 2021 at 15:00 CET Marcel Möring hosts new interviews as part of his literary series at the independent Donner bookshop, Rotterdam. Featured guests are Nelleke Noordervliet, Bart Chabot, and Rozalie Hirs, who present their newest books. Rozalie presents her new poetry book oneindige zin (infinite […]
oneindige zin (infinite sense, 2021)
“Once more, in this collection Hirs proves that she can create a play of poetic language like nobody else. (…) Hirs’s ingenious tour de force stands right in the twenty-first century.” (Helena Van Praet, De Reactor) “Departing from this moment of receptivity, Hirs embarks on a surprising and overwhelming exploration […]
spor af lykkebringer (2021)
1 October 2021 spor af lykkebringer is the new Danish poetry book by Rozalie Hirs, translated by Birthe Lundsgaard. Its publisher is Peter H. Olesen of Forlaget Melodika in collaboration with Athelas Sinfonietta, Copenhagen (artistic director: Jesper Lützhøft). The publication of the new poetry book is supported by the Netherlands […]
architectura et amicitia – reading
On 25 September 2021 from 14:00-21:00 CET the Dutch renowned Architectura et Amicitia celebrates it 165th anniversary with an exhibition of three custom-built pavilions around recent issues of its magazine FORUM, as well as the launch of the newest one. During the exhibition several performances and lectures take place, as […]
samplekanon – publication
31 August 2021. Today the online literary journal Samplekanon publishes a new sample of poetry ‘eenmaal ontwaakt’ (Dutch only) by Rozalie Hirs, selected from her forthcoming book oneindige zin (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Querido, 2021). The accompanying painting I’m all for ground, 10.03.2021 (oil on canvas) is by Kars Persoon. Magazines are […]
huize gaudeamus, bilthoven – portrait concert
–> Nederlands On Sunday afternoon 29 August 2021 at 15:00 CET Huize Gaudeamus/ Walter Maashuis, Bilthoven, presents its first garden concert of the year, with music and poetry by Rozalie Hirs. The performers are: Keren Motseri (soprano); Luna String Quartet – Janneke van Prooijen, Jellantsje de Vries, Elisabeth Smalt, Katharina […]
tirade, amsterdam – poetry publication
15 July 2021. The literary magazine Tirade (Van Oorschot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) just published the summer issue with brandnew work by Mischa Andriessen, Maarten Doorman, Carl Haarnack, Kevin Headley, Thomas Heerma van Voss, Rozalie Hirs, Francis Hörters, Jorik Amit Galama, Sander Kollaard, Willemijn Kranendonk, Sara Micello, Jannie Regnerus, Maartje Wortel, […]