Writer in Residence

Every year, a Writer in Residence is appointed by VU Amsterdam to reflect on current issues facing the university as a social institution. The Writer-in-Residence Programme is concluded with a publication.

Interested in Désanne van Brederode’s publication? Then visit this year’s Abraham Kuyper Lecture. Would you like to read the works of other Writers in Residence? These publications aren’t for sale but only gifted as collector’s items in limited quantities. If you are interested in these publications, please send an e-mail with your motivation to info@vuuniversitypress.nl.

Ernest van der Kwast

Ernest van der Kwast

Omar, Mohamad, Heba and Pouya carry with them the pure memories of their birthplace. ‘The most beautiful marbles’ bought by a grandfather in a shop, ‘a room of one’, ‘wide streets and warm, sunny days’ and ‘land on which apple trees stood’ and on which olive trees are planted by a little boy. The stories begin with these beautiful, pure memories. It is the beginning of the story of their lives, in which ‘the inevitable tragedy’ only reveals itself later.