Gershwin Bonevacia

Description

Gershwin Bonevacia is a poet, writer and performer. From March 2019 to January 2022, Gershwin served as Amsterdam's city poet, writing a monthly poem in Het Parool. He self-published his poetry debut Ik heb een fiets gekocht (I Bought a Bike ) in 2017 and single-handedly turned it into an underground classic by now selling more than 6,000 copies. In 2021, his new poetry collection Toen ik klein was, ik was niet bang (When I was small, I wasn't afraid ) was published by Das Mag and he translated the children's book Zo klinkt verandering by renowned American spoken word artist Amanda Gorman.