Letterenhuis
Archive and museum of Flemish literature holding writers' manuscripts, letters and portraits.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Letterenhuis in Antwerp, the house that keeps the archives of Flemish writers, follows one manuscript: Paul van Ostaijen's Bezette stad, Occupied City, drawn by hand in Berlin exile after the First World War. You'll hear why a young poet could not come home, what he remembered of these streets under German occupation, and the artist friend in Antwerp who received his pages. Best heard just outside the entrance on Minderbroedersstraat.
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