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Me Jan Begging

Five hundred years ago, Jan Smeken was the city poet of Brussels. A modern man. A theater reformer. A man of the word. His snowman poem from 1511 brought him eternal fame: nimble, linguistic and thematically surprisingly contemporary.

Wander the streets of today and discover the Brussels of yesteryear through passages from I Jan Smeken. Published in 2017, this historical shell novel was written by Rick de Leeuw - singer, writer, poet and translator - and Remco Sleiderink, professor of Middle Dutch literature at the University of Antwerp. The audio excerpts are voiced by both authors and taken from the audiobook version published in 2018 by Rubinstein Publishers.

📏 4 km
🕑 1 hr 30 min
📍 Grand Place, 1000 Brussels
🏁 Grand Place, 1000 Brussels

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