Stefan Hertmans (Belgium, 1951) is the internationally acclaimed and prizewinning author of many literary works, including poetry, novels, essays, plays, short stories and a handbook on the history of art. For more than 20 years he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. He also was a guest professor at the Universities of Vienna, Berlin, Mexico City, London and Paris, and at The Library of Congress in Washington. His novel, War and Turpentine, was awarded the prestigious AKO literature prize in 2014. It has sold more than 200,000 copies in its home country and has been translated into 15 languages.

Join us in welcoming internationally acclaimed Flemish author Stefan Hertmans in New York City on the occasion of the upcoming New Literature from Europe festival.

Stefan Hertmans will be participating in 3 events throughout the city:

-on December 7, at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
-on December 8, at the ASF + Scandinavia House
-on December 10, again at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Discover the thoughts of a great author, who has received great reviews by the The New York Times and The Guardian
On December 10, the festival closes with a finale reading by Salman Rushdie.

Some of our wonderful partners are : Flemish Literature Fund Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren Penguin Random House EUNIC New York Polish Cultural Institute Dutch Culture USA Goethe-Institut New York Institut Ramon Llull Consulate General of Belgium in New York Romanian Cultural Institute New York Arts Council Malta Instituto Cervantes New York Austrian Cultural Forum New York Literature Ireland Balassi Institute Royal Norwegian Consulate General