Zambra publiceert verhalen, poëzie, essays en internationaal bekroonde romans waaronder Bonsai en Het verborgen leven van bomen. Zijn laatste roman is in Zuid-Amerika met lovende recensies onthaald.
Schrijfster Maartje Wortel verzorgt tijdens dit programma een inleiding op het werk van Zambra.
Culture in Action: Prince Claus Awards Week
Van 9 t/m 13 december organiseert het Prins Claus Fonds in samenwerking met De Balie ‘Culture in Action: Prince Claus Awards Week’. Ter gelegenheid van de Prins Claus Awards 2013 zijn voor het eerst alle elf laureaten in Amsterdam. Culture in Action biedt een unieke kans deze baanbrekende kunstenaars en denkers uit de hele wereld te ontmoeten. De laureaten worden met de Prins Claus Prijs geëerd omdat zij door hun artistieke en innovatieve culturele uitingen positieve verandering bewerkstelligen in hun omgeving.
De voertaal van dit programma is Engels. Meer info: De Balie
Alejandro Zambra is considered one of the most important Latin American authors of his generation. The young writer grew up in dictator Pinochet’s Chile. His work centres around the complex position of the second generation and Zambra reflects on the inheritance of that painful history. Forty years after Pinochet’s dictatorship, Wim Brands interviews Zambra on the complex relationship between the first and second generation and remembering as a moral act.
Zambra has published stories, poetry, essays and is the author of the international award-winning novels Bonsai and The Private Lives of Trees. Dutch author Maartje Wortel will give an introduction to the work of Alejandro Zambra during this programme.
Culture in Action: The Prince Claus Awards Week
During the week of 9 December 2013, the Prince Claus Fund and De Balie organise ‘Culture in Action: The Prince Claus Awards Week’. For the first time ever, on the occasion of the 2013 Prince Claus Awards, all 11 laureates will be present in Amsterdam. Culture in Action presents a unique opportunity to meet these ground-breaking artists and thinkers from all over the world. The laureates are honoured for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development and the positive effect of their work on the development of their countries.
Language: English