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-> Poetry

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distinctions for poetry

• Publications, 1991-present (full list).
• Third prize for poetry, Pythische Spelen, Enschede, 1991.
• First prize for poetry, Pythische Spelen, Amsterdam, 1995.
• Publication of Locus (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998.
• Award for Locus, Flemish Literature Fund, 1999.
• Publication of Logos (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam, 2002.
• Stipend for [Speling], Flemish Literature Fund, 2003.
• Literature residency and stipend ‘Junge Akademie’ at the recommendation of Cees Nooteboom, Akademie der Künste Berlin, Germany, 2004.
• Publication of [Speling] (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam, 2005.
• Stipends for Geluksbrenger, Flemish Literature Fund, 2004, 2006, 2007.
• Commission by Almeida Theatre, London/Aldeburgh Festival, UK: The Cricket Recovers (libretto: Rozalie Hirs; music: Richard Ayres; English translation: John Irons), based on Toon Tellegen’s eponymous novella, 2005.
• Poetry on the Screen Stipend for Stamboom and Tekstschrijver in collaboration with Harm van den Dorpel, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2006.
• Publication of Geluksbrenger (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam, 2008.
• Stipends for gestamelde werken, Flemish Literature Fund, 2009, 2010, 2011.
• Travel stipend and stay at Netherlands Institute Athens/ NIA , Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2010.
• Digital poetry stipend for Geluksbrenger online in collaboration with Harm van den Dorpel, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2010.
• Geluksbrenger online nominated for Media Poetry Award, BIPAL, Val-de-Marne/ Parijs, France, 2011.
• Selection of Stamboom/ Family Tree for Electronic Literature Collection 2, 2011
• Digital poetry subsidy for Sightbook in collaboration with Cox & Grusenmeyer, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2012.
• Publication of gestamelde werken (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido | Singel Uitgeverijen, Amsterdam, 2012.
• Commission by MUSICA/ Klankenbos, Neerpelt, Belgium: Curvices (music, poetry) 2013.
• Publication of Curvices and Musicles (English chapbook), Uitgeverij Vleugels, Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, 2013.
• Stipend for verdere bijzonderheden, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2013.
• Publication of ein tag (German poetry collection, translated by Ard Posthuma and the author), hochroth Verlag, Berlin, Germany, with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2014.
• Publication of život mogućnosti (Serbian poetry collection, translated by Jelica Novaković and Radovan Lučić), Kuća Poezije/Biblioteka Prevodi, Banja Luka: Bosnia & Herzegovina, with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2014.
• Commission by Holland Festival and Klangforum Wien, with financial support of the Netherlands Performing Arts Fund: atlantis ampersand (music, poetry), 2015.
• Jury member for P.C. Hooft Award 2015.
• Commission by the Iris or Hazel Foundation with support of the Performing Arts Fund: dreams of airs (music, libretto), 2016.
• Publication of gestammelte werke (multilingual poetry collection), kookbooks Verlag, Berlin, Germany, with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2017.
• Jury member for VSB Poetry Prize 2017.
• Publication of verdere bijzonderheden (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido | Singel Uitgeverijen, Amsterdam, 2017.
• Stipend for seventh poetry book oneindige zin, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2018.
• Poet-in-Residence, Forum architectuurtijdschrift, Architectura et Amicitia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2018-2023.
• Official guest poet of the Dutch Foundation for Literature, Marché de la Poésie, Paris, France, 2019.
• Publication of ahora es una rosa (Spanish poetry collection, translated by Diego Puls), Yauguru, Montevideo, Uruguay, with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2019.
• Commission by Kulturkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn, Germany: hand in hand (music, poetry), 2020.
• Nomination of verdere bijzonderheden for Karel van de Woestijne Poetry Prize 2020, Sint-Martens-Latem, East-Flanders, Belgium, 2020.
• Winner of Public Choice Award Karel van de Woestijne 2020, Sint-Martens-Latem, East-Flanders, Belgium, 2020.
• Official selection of SIGHTBOOK #1, a poetry film in collaboration with Ines Cox and Lauren Grusenmeyer, Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2020.
• Stipend for ecologica, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2020.
• Publication of oneindige zin (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido | Singel Uitgeverijen, Amsterdam, 2021.
• Stipend Digital Literary Projects for oneindige zin in collaboration with Richard Vijgen, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2021.
• Publication of spor af lykkebringer (Danish poetry collection, translated by Birthe Lundsgaard), Forlaget Melodika (publisher: Peter H. Olesen), Copenhagen, Denmark, with support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2021.
• Stipend for dagtekening van liefdesvormen, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2022.
• Commission by Donaueschingen Festival, Germany: artemis (music, poetry), 2022.
• Commission by Woordnacht, Rotterdam: al dat groen en blauw (music, poetry), 2022.
• Publication of poetry book ecologica (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Vleugels, Bleiswijk, The Netherlands, 2023.
• Jan Campert Prize 2023 for ecologica (Uitgeverij Vleugels, 2023).
• Publication of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (Dutch poetry book), Uitgeverij Querido | Singel Uitgeverijen, Amsterdam, 2024.
• Nomination of ecologica (longlist) for De Grote Poëzieprijs (“The Great Poetry Prize”), 2024.
• Stipend for tenth poetry book, Netherlands Foundation for Literature, 2024.
• Nomination of The case for a small language network (2024), installation by new media/visual artist Richard Vijgen, based on Hirs’ poetry book oneindige zin (2021), for the New Technlogy Art Award 2025, Zebra Culture | Foundation Liedts-Meesen, Ghent, Belgium, 2025.
• Nomination of dagtekening van liefdesvormen (longlist) for De Grote Poëzieprijs (“The Great Poetry Prize”), 2025.
• Stipend for eleventh poetry book, Netherlands Foundation for Literature, 2025.
• Poet-in-Residence, Friederike-Mayröcker-Residency, Literaturhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2025.
• Member of the Advisory Board, Dutch Foundation for Literature, 2026-2028.
• Publication of ecologica (bilingual poetry book; Italian translation: Patrizia Filia), NOUS Editrice, Catania, Italy, 2026 (in preparation).

distinctions for music

• Selection and fellowship, ‘International Course for Choreographers and Composers’, Bretton Hall, UK, 1995.
• Commission by Antidogma Musica & La Nuova Arca, at the recommendation of Louis Andriessen, Il Suono Dei Parchi: Sacro Monte, 1997
• Selection and Fellowship, American Conservatory, Fontainebleau, France, 1998.
• Commissions by soloists, ensembles, orchestras for fourteen new compositions with support of the Performing Arts Fund (FKA Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst), 1999-2011.
• Fulbright Scholarship of NACEE for Doctor of Music Arts studies at the Department of Music, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1999-2000.
• Mellon Fellowship, Department of Music, Columbia University, New York, 1999-2000.
• Teaching fellowships, Department of Music, Columbia University, New York, 2000-02.
• Stipend from the Performing Arts Fund for Doctor of Music Arts studies, Department of Music, Columbia University, New York, 1999-2002.
• Boris and Eda Rappoport Prize for Book of Mirrors, Department of Music, Columbia University, 2002.
• Selection Computer Music and Composition, IRCAM, Parijs, France, 2002.
• Selection and fellowship Kranichsteiner Musiktage Darmstadt, Germany, 2002.
• Reid Hall Fellowship of Columbia University for Computer Music and Composition, IRCAM, & Kranichsteiner Musiktage, Darmstadt, 2002.
• Subsidy for the recording of Platonic ID from Thuiskopie Fonds, Netherlands, 2004, 2005.
• Research fellowship, Amsterdam School of the Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005-07.
• ‘Recommended work’ predicate for Pulsars, International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM), Lisbon, Portugal, 2007.
• Roseherte nominated for Toonzetters Prize, Buma Cultuur, Hilversum, Netherlands, 2009.
• Travel stipend from Performing Arts Fund Netherlands for Califormia tour, May 2010.
• Stipend for Gekromde ruimte/ Curved Space from Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/ Alida Beekhuis Fonds, Amsterdam, 2010.
• Zenit nominated for Toonzetters Prize, Buma Cultuur, Hilversum, Netherlands, 2011.
• Chairman of the jury, International Gaudeamus Music week & Gaudeamus Music Prize, Utrecht, Netherlands 2011.
• Research stipend, Performing Arts Fund, 2011.
• Two year Composition Stipend, Performing Arts Fund, 2012-13.
• Member of the jury, Dutch Harp Competition 2014.
• Commission by November Music and Bozzini Quartet with support of the Performing Arts Fund: nadir, 2014.
• Commission by Amsterdam Sinfonietta with support of the Performing Arts Fund: lichtende drift 2014.
• Commission by Holland Festival and Klangforum Wien with support of the Performing Arts Fund: atlantis ampersand (music, poetry), 2015.
• Commission by Philharmonie Essen, Germany, and ASKO | Schönberg: the honeycomb conjecture, 2015.
• Commission by the Iris or Hazel Foundation with support of the Performing Arts Fund: dreams of airs (music, libretto), 2016.
• Composition Stipend of the Performing Arts Fund for Meditations (November Music, 2017) and Luisterhuis, a sound and architecture installation in collaboration with M3H architecten (several exhibitions, 2016/17), 2016.
• Banff Centre Artist Award and Banff Musician-in-Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada, November-December 2016.
• Commission by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and University of Amsterdam: parallel world [breathing], 2017.
• Artist-in-Residency and Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, June-July 2017 (the above photograph was taken by Hirs during the Yaddo residency).
• Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, USA, August-September 2017.
• Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship, Maison Dora Maar, Menerbes, Provence, France, March 2018.
• Commission by ASKO | Schönberg: parallel sea [to the lighthouse], 2018.
• Production grant for dreams of airs tour, Performing Arts Fund & Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie, 2018.
• Commission by Ensemble Musikfabrik and NTR Zaterdagmatinee: lightclouds, 2019.
• Nomination of dreams of airs (2017-18) for De Matthijs Vermeulenprijs/ Matthijs Vermeulen Award, 2019.
• Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship, STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019.
• Artist-in-Residence and Fellowship, Theo van Doesburghuis, Meudon/Paris, France, September-December 2019.
• Commission by Kulturkreis für Neue Musik Heilbronn, Germany: hand in hand (music, poetry), 2020.
• Member of the jury, Peter Benoit Prize for Composition, Antwerp, Belgium, 2021.
• Selection of Roseherte (2008) by the Netherlands Radio Broadcasting organization NTR for the International Rostrum of Composers’ (IRC) Hidden Treasures Mixtape, 2021.
• Nomination of ways of space (2019), lightclouds (2019), and hand in hand (2020) for De Matthijs Vermeulenprijs/ Matthijs Vermeulen Award, 2021.
• Commission by Radio France, Paris, France: article 10 [prismes], 2022.
• Member of the jury, Karol Szymanowski International Music Competition, Katowice, Poland, 2022.
• Commission by Donaueschingen Festival, Germany: artemis (music, poetry), 2022.
• Commission by philharmonie zuidnederland: avatar, 2022.
• Commission by Woordnacht, Rotterdam: al dat groen en blauw (music, poetry), 2022.
• Associate Maker, Ensemble Klang, January 2023 – December 2024.
• Nomination of article 10 [prismes] (2021), artemis (2022), en avatar (2022) for De Matthijs Vermeulenprijs/ Matthijs Vermeulen Award, 2023.
• Commission by Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and NTR Zaterdagmatinee: bron, 2023.
• Commission by Ensemble Klang: charms, symmetries, 2024.
• Member of the jury, International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2025.
• Nomination of bee sage (2023) and bron (2023) for De Matthijs Vermeulenprijs/ Matthijs Vermeulen Award, 2025.
• Commission by Prisma Trio, with support from the Performing Arts Fund: codex lilium, 2025.
• Commission by Susan Narucki: come sempre, 2025.
• Artist-in-Residency and Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, April-June 2026.
• Commission by Het Muziek formerly known as ASKO|Schönberg for a new work for soprano and ensemble, 2026.