About
What to expect
NRC journalist Michel Krielaars talks with writer and ceramist Edmund de Waal about his new book Hoe te beginnen.
- De Waal is in the Netherlands for one day
- The book mixes family history and personal memories
- His grandmother Elisabeth Ephrussi asked Rainer Maria Rilke for advice
- The book includes letters from Rilke and his grandmother
- About imagination, his teachers and finding your own voice
Questions
When does ‘Hoe te beginnen’: An evening with writer and artist Edmund de Waal start and end?
‘Hoe te beginnen’: An evening with writer and artist Edmund de Waal runs Friday, 13 November 2026, 20:00.
Where is ‘Hoe te beginnen’: An evening with writer and artist Edmund de Waal?
‘Hoe te beginnen’: An evening with writer and artist Edmund de Waal takes place at SPUI25, Spui 25-27, Amsterdam.
How do I book?
Book via the registration link: athenaeum-boekhandel.weticket.io
What is the book about?
De Waal mixes his family history and personal memories in an ode to imagination, his teachers and finding your own voice. In early twentieth-century Vienna his grandmother Elisabeth Ephrussi, then a beginning poet, asked Rainer Maria Rilke for advice. The book contains letters from Rilke and his grandmother.
What has Edmund de Waal written?
De haas met ogen van barnsteen (2010)
De witte weg (2015)
Brieven aan Camondo (2021)
Hoe te beginnen (new book)
Amsterdam
Getting there
SPUI25, Spui 25-27, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
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