30-08-2024
KRALENDIJK - Finally. The finishing touches. After more than a year of translating, puzzling, discussing, adapting and rewriting, it will happen.
The English translation of my poetry collection "Dansen naar de ochtend" (2023) will see the light of day in the autumn of 2024.
"Dansen naar de ochtend" is the collection of Dutch poems that I wrote following the death of my husband and lover, Arno, at the end of 2021.
Poems about grief and love, loss and hope.
The cover is ready, the manuscript is with the publisher...
I'm so, so proud of everyone who worked with me on this. And proud of myself!
Stay tuned!
01-08-2023
KRALENDIJK - Today the translation of my collection 'Dancing to the morning' from Dutch into English officially has started.
This is not only about translating the words literally, but rather about translating the feeling into words and sentence structures that reflect the essence of the poem.
That's not an easy job. This requires empathy and a great sense of language. I found two superb translators working together to achieve the best results.
Matty Stutterheim-Smid en Michiel Van Bokhorst, I wish you a lot of success and creativity!