Beschreibung:
Lieke Marsman is the author of two books of poetry, Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud (Things I Tell Myself) and De eerste letter (The First Letter), for which she has received several awards, including the C. Buddingh' Award and the Van der Hoogt Prize. Her first novel, Het tegenovergestelde van een mens (The Opposite of a Person), which incorporates poetry and non-fiction to address questions of climate change and loneliness, was published in 2017 by Atlas Contact.
'The book is alive with conversation: between poet and translator; cancer patient and the non-cancer world and the well-self and the unwell self [...] bring to mind the internal conversations taking place in this intimate, surreal space. [...] Such conversations [between poet and translator-poet] which take place from poem to personal essay, to correspondence, deepen the reader's understanding and appreciation of the book.' Josephine Corcoran, Under the Radar and Nine Arches Press