Anne Vegter

[1] She studied art history and pedagogy in at the Academie voor Expressie door Woord en Gebaar in Utrecht in the late seventies.

[1][2] Vegter continued her collaboration with Ten Bosch for her book Harries hoofdingang (1999) as well as Sprookjes van de planeet aarde (2006).

[1][3] In 2005, she won the Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs together with Anna Enquist and Antoine Uitdehaag for the play Struisvogels op de Coolsingel about the German bombing of Rotterdam in 1940.

These poems discuss various topics of national importance including the inauguration of Willem-Alexander in 2013, the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 and the death of Johan Cruyff in 2016.

[15] Some of these poems are on display in public spaces, such as De middelen (2015) in footpath near Leeuwarden railway station and We weten nog niet hoe (2016) which spans the Waalkade (a quay of 600 meters) in Nijmegen.

[15] Vegter also wrote the poem De Koning en ik (2014) which is on display next to a bust of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands made by sculptor Natasja Bennink.

Anne Vegter (August 2013)