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LEONARD
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Ilja Pfeijffer at Buitenhof about his historical novel Alkibiades

28 May 2023

'Democracy is an extremely fragile and maintenance-sensitive system and can collapse on itself,' says author Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer. In his latest book, he describes the demise of Athenian democracy through the eyes of Alcibiades

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer & Marieke Lucas Rijneveld about Book Week

16 September 2021

The Book Week authors of 2022 are joining us! The central theme is 'First love'. Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer is responsible for the Book Week gift, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld writes the Book Week essay.

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Reading at the Festival Insieme in the Temple of Venus on the Forum Romanum, Rome

4 October 2020

At 'Insieme' literary festival in Rome, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, presented in an experiential journey that connected the Basilica of Maxentius to the Temple of Venus. Here you can listen to his speech on the fate of the Left in Italy.

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A three hour live interview on prime time with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for VPRO television

23 August 2020

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer had an honor to be a guest at the VPRO summer classic show Zomergasten. Guests bringing a vivid story are invited to put together a viewing evening with video fragments of their choice and a good conversation.

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Grand Hotel Europa nominated for the National Railway Audience Award

5 November 2019

TV commercial for Grand Hotel Europa, one of the six nominees for the NS Publieksprijs (The National Railway Audience Award).

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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer guest in the Belgium national television show Van Gils & Gasten

18 March 2019

Interview about Grand Hotel Europa with Lieven Van Gils and Tom Lenaerts.

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Ilja Pfeijffer wins Dutch Theatre Prize 2017 for ‘De Advocaat’ (The Lawyer)

6 december 2017

Ilja Pfeijffer wins the Dutch Theatre Prize 2017 for 'De Advocaat' (The Lawyer). The jury of the prize praised the script, stating: "Pfeijffer meets Shakespeare meets Pirandello in 21st century Holland."

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‘Letters from Genoa’ made into theatreplay

23 september 2017

Theatre Group Maastricht has made a stage adaptation of Ilja's autobiographical work 'Letters from Genoa'. Actors Servé Hermans and Michel Sluysmans will be accompanied by soprano Lies Verholle, who sings aria's by Monteverdi, Puccini and Arditi.

  • 29-09-2018Presentation of the Italian translation of La Superba in Palazzo Ducale in Genoa (video)
  • 29-09-2018“Superba anche se ferita, Genova è il mio sogno d’amore”, Diario di scrittura, article in the cultural supplement “Tutto Libri” of La Stampa (Italian)
  • 29-09-2018Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer interviewed for TGR Liguria (video)
  • 27-09-2018Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer by Renzo Mejía for Key2Lima, Peru (Spanish)
  • 26-09-2018Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer about La Superba by Donatella Alfonso for La Repubblica – Genova (Italian)
  • 15-09-2018Program by Stine Jensen with the illusionist Hans Klok about the novel Peachez, a romance, by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
  • 12-09-2018Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer about La Superba with Raffaella Grassi for Il Secolo XIX (Italian)
  • 08-08-2018“El mejor escritor del mundo vive aquí, y es holandés” – Interview by José Pulido for Actualy.es (Spanish)
  • 25-05-2018Why don’t we call it love? New play for Toneelgroep Maastricht
  • 03-05-2018Radio Russia: music theatre by Mayke Nas and the Ragazze Quartet with text by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
  • 13-04-2018Presentation sonnet Leeuwarden, European capital of culture 2018
  • 12-04-2018Interview & booksigning Pantheon / Amsterdam (NL)
  • 24-03-2018BUK Festival / Modena (IT)
  • 05-03-2018Peachez nominated for Libris Literatureprize
  • 03-03-2018Filmrights La Superba sold during Berlinale
  • 02-03-2018Premiere theatre adaptation La Superba / Maastricht (NL)
  • 16-02-2018Saint Amour 2018 / Brussels (BE)
  • 15-02-2018Saint Amour 2018 / Genk (BE)
  • 14-02-2018Saint Amour 2018 / Leuven (BE)
  • 13-02-2018Saint Amour 2018 / Gent (BE)
  • 10-02-2018Saint Amour 2018 / Antwerpen (BE)
  • 06-12-2017Ilja Pfeijffer wins Theatre Prize 2017 for ‘De Advocaat’ (The Lawyer)
  • 04-12-2017South African rights La Superba sold to Protea Boekhuis
  • 21-11-2017Italian rights La Superba sold to Nutrimenti
  • 15-11-2017Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for Pirej, Macedonia (in English)
  • 12-11-20174 stars in NRC for Anne Frank play ‘Achter het Huis’
  • 11-11-2017Signing Bookfair / Antwerp (BE)
  • 27-10-2017Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer on Telma – Macedonian breakfast tv (video)
  • 26-10-2017Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for Republika, Macedonië (in English)
  • 26-10-2017Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for Tocka (in Macedonian)
  • 25-10-2017Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer about La Superba for Reborn (in Macedonian)
  • 25-10-2017Interview with Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer for Cooltura, Macedonia (in Macedonian)
  • 25-10-2017BookStar Festival / Skopje (MK)
  • 24-10-2017Book presentation of the Macedonian translation of La Superba on the Bookstar Festival in Skopje (video)
  • 25-09-20175 stars voor theatre adaptation Letters from Genoa
  • 23-09-2017Premiere theatre adaptation Letters from Genoa
  • 23-09-2017Ilja interviewed on Belgium television show ‘Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan’
  • 16-09-2017Night of Art & Knowledge / Leiden (NL)
  • 07-09-2017Literarischer Sommer / Monchengladbach (DE)
  • 06-09-2017Literarischer Sommer / Düsseldorf (DE)
  • 25-08-2017Interview with Ilja in Volkskrant about theatre season 2017-2018
  • 18-06-2017Interview for Letralia, Tierra de Letras (Venezuela) by Mayela Barragán Zambrano (in Spanish)
  • 15-06-2017Presentation Sonnet for the Dutch Royal Library / The Hague (NL)
  • 13-06-2017Reading & interview La Superba / Oldenburg (DE)
  • 11-06-2017Lecture by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer on poetry at Poetry International in Rotterdam (video)
  • 03-06-2017Poetry International / Rotterdam (NL)
  • 01-06-2017Felix Poetry Festival / Antwerp (BE)
  • 29-04-2017Interview Independent Bookstore Day / Radio 1 (NL)
  • 03-03-2017Premiere De Advocaat (The Lawyer) by Theatregroup Maastricht (NL)
  • 25-02-20174 stars for Peachez: “most romantic book of the year”
  • 05-02-2017Via Genoa – documentary about migration and Genoa for VPRO Television – Part 3 – “Migrants and the Pursuit of Happiness” (video)
  • 29-01-2017Via Genoa – documentary about migration and Genoa for VPRO Television – Part 2 – “Muslim Refugees in Italy” (video)
  • 22-01-2017Via Genoa – documentary about migration and Genoa for VPRO Television – Part 1 – “City of Migrants” (video)
  • 11-01-2017Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer on the TV show Jinek (video)
  • 26-12-2016Interview in HUMO Magazine about ‘Pfeijffer year 2016’ (BE)
  • 24-03-2016Presentation of La Superba at the Netherlands Club of New York, Manhattan, New York, USA
  • 22-03-2016Presentation of La Superba in the Community Bookstore, Brooklyn, New York, USA (video)
  • 21-03-2016Presentation of La Superba at Kramer Books, Washington, USA
  • 19-03-2016Presentation of La Superba in Brazos Bookstore, Houston, USA
  • 18-03-2016Presentation of La Superba at Deep Vellum, Dallas, USA
  • 17-03-2016Presentation of La Superba in the Dallas Institute of Humanities, Dallas, USA (video)
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