Poet and translator Janneke Spoelstra is one of the authors of the bilingual anthology ‘Do draachst de leafde oan’, literatuer fan Fryslân troch in rôze bril / Jij draagt de liefde aan, literatuur van Friesland door een roze bril. Together with Frisian linguist Jelle Krol she talks about this collection of poetry and literature and reads from it.

Programma
13.30-14.30 Exhibition tour - Starting at Kunsthuis Syb, with Alice Conforti
15.00-16.00 Reading by Janneke Spoelstra, with Jelle Krol
15.00-18.00 De Bult bar hosted by Syb team

Janneke Spoelstra is a poet, translator, and researcher affiliated with the Fryske Akademy. She made her debut in 2004 with the poetry collection Goeie is het wachtwoord, featuring verses characterized by their simplicity and directness. The poem “Fytse” from this collection can be seen as one of the first verses in her oeuvre addressing homosexuality.

Jelle Krol is a Frisian linguist and a collection organizer at Tresoar: the archive, museum, and library of Fryslân. In 2018, he published his dissertation on the issue of the emancipation of minority languages.

Alice Conforti is a Master’s student of Art History and Curatorial Studies at the University of Groningen. She is currently an intern at Kunsthuis Syb.