Ramsey Nasr

Ramsey Nasr (born 28 January 1974, Rotterdam) is a Dutch author and actor of mixed descent, half Palestinian, half Dutch.[1][2][3]

Ramsey Nasr
Born(1974-01-28)28 January 1974
Rotterdam, Netherlands
OccupationWriter, poet. actor
NationalityDutch
Period1995–present

He was Dichter des Vaderlands (Poet of the Fatherland; an unofficial title for the Dutch poet laureate) between January 2009 and January 2013. The concept of this was created by the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, the Nederlandse Programma Stichting and the foundation Poetry International in January 2000. Before Ramsey was Poet of the City of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2005. In 2005 he received the Hugues C. Pernath-prijs.

In June 2014, an adaptation for the stage (in Dutch) of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) was presented at the Holland Festival, directed by Ivo van Hove, with Ramsey Nasr as Howard Roark.[4]

Filmography
  • 1995 Frans en Duits
  • 1998 Thuisfront
  • 1999 One Man and His Dog
  • 2000 Mariken
  • 2001 Liefje
  • 2001 Magonia
  • 2002 The Enclave
  • 2003 Hotel Bellevue
  • 2004 Armando
  • 2004 Mon ange
  • 2005 Live!
  • 2008 Het echte leven
  • 2011 Goltzius and the Pelican Company

TV series
  • 2011-15 Overspelt The Adulterer

Toneelgroep Amsterdam
gollark: What of fixing screen tearing and marginally better performance?
gollark: XWayland.
gollark: Use sway instead due to Wayland's "based" nature.
gollark: Great!
gollark: Oh. Well, I think it's true.

References
  1. Letterenfonds.nl
  2. Banipal.co.uk
  3. Tga.nl
  4. "The Fountainhead: World Premier". Holland Festival. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Driek van Wissen		 Dutch Poet Laureate
"Dichter des Vaderlands"
2009 – 2013		 Succeeded by
Anne Vegter
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