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Afscheid

Afscheid, gedicht uit de tijd van het virus is a poetry collection by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by Uitgeverij Koppernik in June 2020. The book explores Nooteboom's urge to travel, which is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and leads to reflections on death and the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles.

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Afscheid
AuthorCees Nooteboom
LanguageDutch
PublisherUitgeverij Koppernik
Publication dateJune 2020
Publication placeNetherlands
Pages56
ISBN9789083048062

Afscheid, gedicht uit de tijd van het virus (Dutch: Farewell: Poem from the Time of the Virus) is a poetry collection by the Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, published by Uitgeverij Koppernik in June 2020. The book explores Nooteboom's urge to travel, which is disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and leads to reflections on death and the pre-Socratic philosopher Empedocles.1234

The book consists of 33 poems arranged into 3 sections of 11 poems each. Each poem consists of three quatrains followed by a separate thirteenth line. The Divine Comedy inspired the structure and meter.1

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  1. Drayer, Elma (26 June 2020). "Cees Nootebooms dichtbundel Afscheid bevat ronduit betoverende beelden". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. Leyman, Dirk (24 July 2020). "Cees Nooteboom: 'Zo'n vliegtuig, daar wil ik helemaal niet meer in'". De Morgen (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. Vlaar, Maria (6 June 2020). "'Ik moet ook een beetje mijn mond houden. Ik ben geprivilegieerd'". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. Van Puymbroeck, Rik (19 June 2021). "Schrijver Cees Nooteboom: 'Het afscheid moet je maar aanvaarden'". De Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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