The Dichtersmarathon 2025!

On Friday 31st January, we will open a can of poets, so to say. Every year, perfectly in line with tradition, Perdu organizes the ultimate cross-section of Dutch-language poetry: no fewer than 30 poets in 3 hours. Only interrupted by one break, not by announcements, biographical or bibliographical information. An intense stream of poetry, fired at the listener who will later stumble out of the theater as if just awakened from a wonderful fever dream, urgently in need of a beer, a visit to the restroom, and the purchase of at least five new collections by poets you have just heard.

This is the Dichtersmarathon, and a true poetry lover wouldn’t miss it for anything!

We invite a range of poets in the broadest sense of the word, and each speaker will read two poems: one by themselves and one by a foreign colleague. From poetry to music, from big names to rookies, from inscrutable experimentation to swinging slam: be ready for a grand tour of the contemporary poetry landscape.

Nowhere else will you see and hear so many different forms of poetry, and nowhere else will you get so many poets for your money. So come to Perdu on January 31st, for the Dichtersmarathon 2025! Don’t wait too long to reserve a spot because this event often sells out quickly.