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Poetry Week, that's it too, or is it already over? Since most of that week didn't happen anyway, it doesn't really matter. Well, we have a new Poet Laureate, the wonderful Lieke Marsman. Many cities have a new city poet. These are appointments that range from 'it's about damn time,' as in the case of Anne Vegter for Rotterdam to 'Who? Who do you say?" and sometimes "What, where is that? Does that have city rights?'

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Ingmar Heytze

Born 1970 in Utrecht. Poet. First house philosopher of the Centraal Museum (1999-2000) and first city poet of Utrecht (2009-2011). Wrote anti-sports columns for the Volkskrant for two years and columns for the (AD) Utrechts Nieuwsblad for twenty years. Currently works for Onze Taal. Wrote some fifteen books of poetry and is always working on new work. Won the C.C.S. Croneprijs in 2008 for his entire oeuvre and received the Maartenspenning of the city of Utrecht in 2016.View Author posts

Poetry Week, that's it too, or is it already over? Since most of that week didn't happen anyway, it doesn't really matter. Well, we have a new Poet Laureate, the wonderful Lieke Marsman. Many cities have a new city poet. These are appointments that range from 'it's about damn time,' as in the case of Anne Vegter for Rotterdam to 'Who? Who do you say?" and sometimes "What, where is that? Does that have city rights?'

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