Sasja Janssen 
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Sasja Janssen 
Author

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* 06.05.1968, Venlo, Netherlands
lives in: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sasja Janssen is a poet and author of novels and short stories. After the success of her collections Ik trek mijn species aan (Putting On My Species, 2014, nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize) and Happy (2017), she is now causing a stir with Virgula (2021), for which she received the Awater Poetry Prize and has received nominations for the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize and this year's Herman de Coninck Prize and De Grote Poëzieprijs (Grand Poetry Prize) for best poetry collection of the year. This collection strikes an impressive balance between mystery and razor-sharp intent, with Janssen’s use of the comma (virgula in Latin) constantly causing shifts and contrasts in perspective. The boldness of this small intervention turns a little glitch into the tissue that connects interpretation and confusion; a tiny stumble in the ceaseless flow of life.

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Publications
  • De kamerling

    Roman

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2001

  • Teresa zegt

    Roman

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2005

  • Papaver

    Gedichten

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2007

  • Wie wij schuilen

    Gedichten

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2010

  • Ik trek mijn species aan

    Gedichten

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2014

  • Happy

    Gedichten

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2017

  • Putting on my species

    translated by Michele Hutchison

    Bristol: Shearsman Books Ltd, 2020

  • Virgula

    Gedichten

    Amsterdam: Querido, 2021

Awards
  • 2021 Awater Poëzie Prijs

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