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Dutch writer, actor and poet

Ramsey Nasr

Born	(1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 50)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer, poet. actor
Nationality	Dutch
Period	1995–present

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

He was born in Rotterdam. 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, the Nederlandse Programma Stichting and the foundation Poetry International in January 2000. Before Nasr 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 Nasr as Howard Roark.[4]

Toneelgroep Amsterdam

^ "The poetry of Ramsey Nasr". Letterenfonds. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022.
^ "Ramsey Nasr". Banipal (UK). Archived from the original on Jul 3, 2022.
^ "the fountainhead". Toneelgroep Amsterdam. Archived from the original on Sep 27, 2022.
^ "The Fountainhead: World Premiere". Holland Festival. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.

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Preceded byDriek van Wissen	Dutch Poet Laureate "Dichter des Vaderlands" 2009 – 2013	Succeeded byAnne Vegter