On 4 March 2010 the new permanent display at the Literary Museum in The Hague will be inaugurated: The Pantheon ‘100 writers – 1000 years of literature’. For this occasion, a white rose will be placed on the graves of 100 selected writers during the month of February as a mark of respect. Four of these graves are situated at the Westerveld Cemetery & Crematorium (part of ‘the Facultatieve Group’).
On Saturday 6 February, Aad Meinderts, the director of the Literary Museum laid roses at Westerveld at the graves of J. Slauerhoff, L. van Deyssel (pseudonym of K. Alberdingk Thijm), H. Gorter and Multatuli. A passage was read from the work of each writer. The 100 selected quotations will together become an anthology of Dutch literature.
Go to www.wievolgt.com for more information about this unique exhibition. You will also find a short film about Multatuli in the video overview, shot at Westerveld.
For more information about Westerveld: www.bc-westerveld.nl.
Photos by Jaap Pop (first two) and Jessica Swinkels.
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