MEMBER BLOG TAG: von dis
| Friday, April 27, 2007 10:16AM | | | | Mutliple Passports: Is Pride Ok? | Tags: von Dis, Tafdrup, Mabanckou, Multiple Passports, Segolene Royal
| | | | At this panel, featuring writers from Denmark, Holland, and Congo, one of the questions asked was, what does it mean for a writer to feel at home? When we say a writer is “from” somewhere, or is of a certain origin, which aspect of his or her identity comes first? I was born in Detroit, but I have lived in New York for ten years. Am I a New Yorker? Not according to New Yorkers.
As writer and journalist Adriaan von Dis said, “In Paris I found out that I’m Dutch. The French made me feel Dutch. It’s always the Other who makes you feel like you’re something.”
Being Dutch, however, is not necessarily something von Dis wants to feel. ... | | | | | |
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