The ‘Tilt literature Festival’ in Tilburg, is a literary festival which combines the typical ‘Brabant atmosphere’, contributed to the population of Tilburg and its surrounding aria, and the love for books and literature. Each year a ‘writer of name’ is invited to stay for a week long residency in Tilburg to make a search for the soul of the city of Tilburg and write a short story about his or her’s encounters.Īnnelies Verbeke (BE Dendermonde, 1976) is a Flemish writer. She studied Germanic languages at the University of Ghent and scriptwriting at the Rits in Brussels. And there are also a lot of other strong guests will complete the line up of the 2015 festival edition! later on she will interview Joke Van Leeuwen and assist Wim Helsen.
Friday and Saturday she herself will read from her new novel THIRTY DAYS, accompanied by Lamin Kuyateh on the kora. In the evening she will give an introduction to a film about Jan Arends (by Jelle Nesna, 1997) at Cinecitta. On Thursday 12/3 from 4 to 6 pm, Annelies Verbeke will interview Trudy DeMuth at the University of Tilburg. Annelies Verbeke is ‘writer in residence’ of the 2015 edition of the Tilt literature Festival. Ī more recent international success has been Vissen redden (Saving Fish, 2009), also translated into several languages including German and Danish.In March 2015 Annelies Verbeke took up residency for a week at the studio of SEA Foundation. The award-winning work was highlighted for the way in which it showed how people with various backgrounds were all looking for fulfillment. The story has since been published in 22 countries.
In 2003, she gained instant fame with her first novel Slaap! (Sleep!) when 70,000 copies of the Dutch edition were sold.
Verbeke studied language and literature at Ghent University before attending a scriptwriting course in Brussels.
She made her name with the novel Slaap! (Sleep!) which has been translated into several languages. Annelies Verbeke (born 6 February 1976) is a Belgian author who writes in Dutch.
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