Perdu is a specialised poetry bookshop, cultural stage, and publishing house based in Amsterdam since 1984. Dedicated to experiments at the intersection of literature, performance, and other art forms.
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NOTHING WILL REMAIN OTHER THAN THE THORN LODGED IN THE THROAT OF THIS WORLD
With Haig Aivazian, Noor Abed and Rick Geene.
Gewaande paradijzen
On the legacy of Kees Ouwens. With Johan Herrenberg, Frank Keizer, Sarah de Koning, Lars Meijer and Femke Zwiep. Hosts: Lars Meijer and Benjamin De Roover.
Vers van het Mes 2025
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Perdu is looking for a new editor!
Vers van het mes 2025: The selection
Out of 118 candidates, Tim Bongaerts, Casper Burghgraeve, Eelco Couvreur and Hannah Zaouad have been selected for Vers van het mes 2025. Join us in April as they share their work and their poetics.
2024: Best of Poetry
It's list season, and we've asked our booksellers to tell us about their favorite poetry collections of 2024 thus far...
Vacancies: Artistic and business leaders
Stichting Perdu is looking for an artistic and a business leader to lead the organisation into the coming 4-year subsidy period.
Perdu editor asha karami wins Charlotte Köhler Stipendium
Poet & Perdu programme maker asha karami wins Charlotte Köhler Stipendium for literary talent. The award ceremony will take place in our very own theatre, on November 26!
Call for poets: Vers van het mes 2025
Stichting Perdu, deBuren and Poetry Centre are once again looking for poets who have not yet published a collection. Are you the poet we are looking for?