Anna Enquist
Sat 7.11.
13:00
Borderkitchen, The Hague
Dutch writer and poet Anna Enquist performs at Borderkitchen in The Hague.
Anna Enquist
About
Anna Enquist is the pen name of Christa Widlund-Broer (Amsterdam, 19 July 1945), one of the most widely read authors in Dutch literature. She studied clinical psychology at Leiden University and piano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and worked for years as a psychoanalyst before turning fully to writing. Her debut collection Soldatenliederen (1991) immediately won the C. Buddingh' Prize; novels such as Het meesterstuk (1994) and Contrapunt (2008) brought her a broad international readership. Loss, classical music and the psychology of everyday life run as constant threads through her work.
1M+
sold copies of her work worldwide
10
novels published
15+
countries where translations appeared
10+
published poetry collections
What's new
- 2026-09
On 22 September 2026, Anna Enquist gives a lecture at Porgy and Bess in Terneuzen, with musical accompaniment by pianist Ieva M. van Goethem-Žukauskaitė.
- 2026-02
On 12 February 2026, her tenth novel The End of Erna Ankersmit was published by publisher De Arbeiderspers.
- 2025-03
In March 2025, The Underside, her tenth poetry collection, was published by De Arbeiderspers - a collection about embroidery, loss and old age.
- 2025-04
On Good Friday 2025, Enquist gave the Good Friday lecture for the Dutch Bach Society during the St. Matthew Passion in Naarden.
Tour
Terneuzen
Tracks
SoldatenliederenDebut collection (1991), immediately won the C. Buddingh' Prize
Het meesterstukDebut novel (1994), major breakthrough with the general public
ContrapuntNovel (2008), based on Bach's Goldberg Variations; international success
De IJsdragersBook Week gift 2002, distributed in many tens of thousands of copies
De onderkantPoetry collection (2025), her most recent poetry
