Bernlef had little chance to grow into one of my heroes anyway. With his Capuchin monkey hairstyle he looked more like a forester from a child series than a poet. And also the name Bernlef doesn’t ring the right sort of bell with me. The slightly pathetic reference to a blind Frisian singer could be overlooked, but I hate it when people give themselves iconic names. Bono, Sting, Bernlef, they’re all dog names. I absolutely don’t want to buy books from someone with an aesthetic mindset such as that.
Lês fierder by Martijn Benders… Lês fierder
Abe de Vries bringt it idee op it aljemint de KFFB te ferbreedzjen, Josse de Haan seit it stiperskip fan de Fryske Akademy op en Koos Tiemersma stelt dat skriuwers har minder ôfhinklik fan subsydzje meitsje moatte.