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Each year, the Passa Porta apartment at the Vieux Marché Aux Grains in Brussels is inhabited by foreign authors in residence. Below you will find a list of former, current and future residents, along with their biographies and some texts that were written as a result of their stay.

2018

05/03 > 29/04 Olivia Sudjic (UK)
08/01 > 05/03 Passa Porta Jacques Beaudry (CA)

2017

13/11 > 22/12 Passa Porta Daniël Rovers (NL)
18/09 > 13/11 Passa Porta Doina Ioanid (RO)
24/08 > 15/09 Passa Porta Iris Boudreau (CA)
12/06 > 10/07 Passa Porta Rachel Cantor (US)
12/06 > 10/07 Porte de Hal Adriana E. Ramírez (US)
08/05 > 28/05 Workspace Nerys Williams (UK)
01/05 > 12/06 Passa Porta Jannah Loontjens (NL)
01/05 > 12/06 Porte de Hal Jasmin B. Frelih (SI)
06/03 > 01/05 Passa Porta Erika Fatland (NO)
06/03 > 01/05 Porte de Hal Maartje Wortel (NL)
16/01 > 06/03 Passa Porta Geneviève Letarte (QC)
09/01 > 06/03 Porte de Hal Hoda Barakat (FR/LB)

2016

21/11 > 19/12 Passa Porta Joubert Pignon (NL)
24/10 > 21/11 Passa Porta Nir Baram (IL)
29/08 > 24/10 Passa Porta Ricardo Domeneck (BR)
20/06 > 18/07 Passa Porta Jessica Lott (US)
23/05 > 19/06 Porte de Hal Andrei Ivanov (EE)
23/05 > 20/06 Passa Porta Robert Menasse (AU)
23/05 > 12/06 Workspace II Annick Lefebvre (CA)
25/04 > 22/05 Porte de Hal Giorgio Fontana (IT)
25/04 > 23/05 Passa Porta Khaled Khalifa (SY)
04/04 > 22/05 Le Cheval Noir Louis-Philippe Dalembert (HT)
29/03 > 25/04 Passa Porta Daan Heerma van Voss (NL)
28/03 > 24/04 Porte de Hal Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (IS)
29/02 > 27/03 Porte de Hal Ida Hegazi Høyer (NO)
29/02 > 28/03 Passa Porta Katja Petrowskaja (DE)
01/02 > 28/02 Porte de Hal Paula Morris (NZ)
04/01 > 29/02 Passa Porta Céline Huyghebaert (QC)
04/01 > 31/01 Porte de Hal Eugen Ruge (DE)

2015

23/11 > 21/12 Passa Porta Ece Temelkuran (TR)
19/10 > 23/11 Passa Porta David Vann (US)
28/09 > 18/10 Passa Porta Alma Mathijsen (NL)
31/08 > 28/09 Passa Porta Davide Enia (IT)
22/06 > 20/07 Passa Porta Lori Jakiela (US)
25/05 > 22/06 Porte de Hal Peter Orner (US)
25/05 > 22/06 Passa Porta Ognjen Spahić (ME)
27/04 > 25/05 Porte de Hal Samar Yazbek (SY)
27/04 > 25/05 Passa Porta Nicole Mary Kelby (US)
30/03 > 27/04 Passa Porta Arno Camenisch (CH)
30/03 > 27/04 Porte de Hal Thomas Stangl (AU)
02/03 > 30/03 Passa Porta Eduardo Halfon (GT)
02/03 > 30/03 Porte de Hal András Petőcz (HU)
02/02 > 02/03 Porte de Hal Joost de Vries (NL)
05/01 > 02/03 Passa Porta David Clerson (QC)
05/01 > 02/02 Porte de Hal Iman Humaydan (LB)

2014

24/11 > 22/12 Passa Porta Marica Bodrožić (DE)
29/09 > 27/10 Villa Hellebosch Bernardo Carvalho (BR)
29/09 > 24/11 Passa Porta Vonne van der Meer (NL)
29/09 > 27/10 Villa Hellebosch Kiran Desai (US)
29/09 > 27/10 Villa Hellebosch Chantal Neveu (CA)
01/09 > 29/09 Passa Porta Bernardo Carvalho (BR)
26/05 > 23/06 Passa Porta Angelo Mastrandrea (IT)
31/03 > 28/04 Passa Porta Fouad Laroui (NL)
17/03 > 14/04 Villa Hellebosch Eeva Park (EE)
17/03 > 14/04 Villa Hellebosch Russell Working (US)
03/03 > 24/03 Passa Porta Juan Gabriel Vásquez (CO)
03/02 > 03/03 Passa Porta Nikola Madzirov (MK)
06/01 > 03/02 Passa Porta Hyam Yared (LB)

2013

02/12 > 23/12 Passa Porta Alex Danchev (UK)
18/11 > 02/12 Passa Porta Manu Joseph (IN)
04/11 > 18/11 Villa Hellebosch Iman Humaydan (LB)
21/10 > 18/11 Passa Porta Mikhail Shishkin (RU)
21/10 > 18/11 Villa Hellebosch Use Lahoz (SP)
21/10 > 18/11 Villa Hellebosch Anna Mackenzie (NZ)
23/09 > 21/10 Passa Porta Ales Steger (SL)
23/09 > 21/10 Villa Hellebosch Mikhail Shishkin (RU)
23/09 > 21/10 Villa Hellebosch Bernard Wesseling (NL)
02/09 > 13/09 Passa Porta Aifric Campbell (IE)
24/06 > 29/07 Passa Porta Anna Kim (AT)
27/05 > 24/06 Passa Porta Román Antopolsky (US)
01/05 > 13/05 Villa Hellebosch Céline Curiol (FR)
29/04 > 20/05 Passa Porta Janice Galloway (UK)
15/04 > 13/05 Villa Hellebosch Ibi Kaslik (CA)
15/04 > 01/05 Villa Hellebosch Patrick French (UK)
01/04 > 29/04 Passa Porta Gerard Donovan (IE)
25/02 > 01/04 Passa Porta Khaled Khalifa (SY)
04/02 > 25/02 Passa Porta Patrick McGuinness (UK)
07/01 > 04/02 Passa Porta Daša Drndić (HR)
02/01 > 04/03 Passa Porta Alisha Piercy (QC)

2012

23/11 > 04/01 Passa Porta Annie Proulx (US)
19/11 > 17/12 Passa Porta Alejandro Zambra (CL)
24/09 > 22/10 Villa Hellebosch Ófeigur Sigurðsson (IS)
24/09 > 19/11 Passa Porta K. Schippers (NL)
24/09 > 22/10 Villa Hellebosch Corinne Larochelle (CA)
27/08 > 24/09 Passa Porta Inga Zolude (LV)
04/06 > 02/07 Passa Porta Goce Smilevski (MK)
30/04 > 28/05 Passa Porta Chantal Mouffe (FR)
02/04 > 30/04 Passa Porta David Albahari (CA/RS)
26/03 > 23/04 Villa Hellebosch Giorgio Vasta (IT)
26/03 > 23/04 Villa Hellebosch Saša Stanišić (DE)
05/03 > 29/03 Passa Porta Florence Noiville (FR)
27/02 > 26/03 Villa Hellebosch Maud Casey (US)
27/02 > 26/03 Villa Hellebosch Urmas Vadi (EE)
02/01 > 27/02 Passa Porta Guadalupe Santa Cruz (CL)

2011

21/11 > 19/12 Passa Porta Michael Cunningham (US)
24/10 > 21/11 Villa Hellebosch Edo Popovic (HR)
24/10 > 21/11 Villa Hellebosch Drago Jančar (SI)
10/10 > 21/11 Passa Porta Neel Mukherjee (UK/IN)
10/10 > 24/10 Villa Hellebosch Jonathan Coe (UK)
03/10 > 10/10 Passa Porta Marja Pruis (NL)
26/09 > 03/10 Villa Hellebosch Marja Pruis (NL)
26/09 > 24/10 Villa Hellebosch Ida Hattemer-Higgins (US)
26/09 > 10/10 Villa Hellebosch Anik See (NL/CA)
29/08 > 26/09 Passa Porta Michał Witkowski (PO)
27/06 > 25/07 passa porta Terrance Hayes (US)
30/05 > 20/06 Passa Porta Fleur Bourgonje (NL)
02/05 > 30/05 Passa Porta Jachym Topol (CZ)
11/04 > 25/04 Villa Hellebosch Giorgio Vasta (IT)
28/03 > 25/04 Passa Porta Perihan Magden (TR)
28/03 > 11/04 Villa Hellebosch Fleur Bourgonje (NL)
28/03 > 25/04 Villa Hellebosch Saša Stanišić (DE)
28/02 > 28/03 Passa Porta Christos Chrissopoulos (GR)
01/02 > 28/02 Passa Porta Tod Wodicka (US)
03/01 > 31/01 Passa Porta Jacob Wren (CA)

2010

22/11 > 20/12 Passa Porta Sibila Petlevski (HR)
22/11 > 20/12 Brussel Noémi Szécsi (HO)
01/11 > 22/11 Brussel Maritta Lintunen (FI)
25/10 > 01/11 Passa Porta Robert Menasse (AU)
30/09 > 25/10 Passa Porta Dany Laferrière (CA)
28/09 > 22/10 Villa Hellebosch Aifric Campbell (IE)
27/09 > 25/10 Passa Porta Tomás Zmeskal (CZ)
27/09 > 25/10 Villa Hellebosch Mihkel Mutt (EE)
30/08 > 27/09 Passa Porta Esi Edugyan (CA)
30/08 > 27/09 Villa Hellebosch Peter Swanborn (NL)
30/08 > 05/09 Villa Hellebosch Hélène Gelèns (NL)
31/05 > 28/06 Passa Porta Fouad Laroui (NL)
21/05 > 28/05 Passa Porta Richard Powers (US)
03/05 > 19/05 Passa Porta Robert Menasse (AU)
03/05 > 31/05 Passa Porta Hari Kunzru (UK)
29/03 > 03/05 Passa Porta Andrés Barba (SP)
01/03 > 29/03 Passa Porta Robert Menasse (AU)
01/03 > 29/03 Villa Hellebosch Agata Tuszynska (PO)
01/03 > 29/03 Villa Hellebosch Gábor Csordás (HO)
23/02 > 01/03 Villa Hellenbosch Victor Manuel Mendiola (MX)
23/02 > 01/03 Villa Hellenbosch Jennifer Clement (MX)
01/02 > 01/03 Villa Hellebosch Saskia de Jong (NL)
01/02 > 01/03 Villa Hellebosch Lars Husum (DK)

2009

09/11 > 07/12 Villa Hellebosch Julian Rubinstein (US)
09/11 > 06/12 Villa Hellebosch Abdallah Zrika (MA)
05/10 > 01/11 Passa Porta Ilija Trojanow (BU)
05/10 > 01/11 Villa Hellebosch Janice Galloway (UK)
05/10 > 01/11 Villa Hellebosch Su Tong (CN)
28/09 > 05/10 Villa Hellebosch Florence Tonk (NL)
21/09 > 05/10 Villa Hellebosch Alan Tsjertsjesov (RU)
07/09 > 27/09 Villa Hellebosch Marian Boyer (NL)
07/09 > 13/09 Villa Hellebosch Gábor Schein (HO)
06/09 > 05/10 Passa Porta Tomaz Salamun (SI)
01/06 > 28/06 Passa Porta Anselm Glück (AT)
25/05 > 21/06 Villa Hellebosch Louise Welsh (UK)
25/05 > 22/06 Villa Hellebosch Marko Pogačar (HR)
04/05 > 31/05 Passa Porta Gianina Carbunariu (RO)
27/04 > 24/05 Villa Hellebosch James Cañón (CO/US)
27/04 > 22/05 Villa Hellebosch Jonathan Coe (UK)
23/03 > 19/04 Villa Hellebosch Indrek Hirv (EE)
23/03 > 19/04 Villa Hellebosch Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (SA)
09/03 > 05/04 Passa porta Petr Borkovec (CZ)
23/02 > 27/03 Villa Hellebosch Torild Wardenaer (NO)
23/02 > 22/03 Villa Hellebosch Jan Willem Anker (NL)

2008

28/11 > 23/12 Passa Porta Niq Mhlongo (SA)
03/11 > 01/12 Villa Hellebosch Myriam Beaudoin (CA)
03/11 > 01/12 Villa Hellebosch Erik Lindner (NL)
27/10 > 17/11 Passa Porta Claire Guezengar (FR)
06/10 > 27/10 Villa Hellebosch Katja Lange-Müller (DE)
15/09 > 27/10 Villa Hellebosch Fatos Kongoli (AL)
01/09 > 29/09 Passa Porta Ibrahim Selman (NL)
25/08 > 15/09 Villa Hellebosch Judite Jorge (PT)
25/08 > 06/10 Villa Hellebosch Chenjerai Hove (ZW)
01/05 > 31/05 Passa Porta Alan Pauls (AR)
14/04 > 02/06 Villa Hellebosch Tod Wodicka (US)
14/04 > 26/05 Villa Hellebosch Sahînê Bekirê Soreklî (SY)
31/03 > 28/04 Passa Porta Peter Semolic (SI)
03/03 > 31/03 Villa Hellebosch Gwyneth Lewis (UK)
03/03 > 31/03 Villa Hellebosch Oksana Zaboezjko (UA)
03/03 > 31/03 Passa Porta Klaus Ferentschik (DE)
04/02 > 03/03 Villa Hellebosch Willem van Toorn (NL)
04/02 > 03/03 Villa Hellebosch Florence Tonk (NL)

2007

07/11 > 03/12 Passa Porta José Riço Direitinho (PT)
05/11 > 03/12 Villa Hellebosch Willem van Zadelhoff (NL)
05/11 > 03/12 Villa Hellebosch Lucette ter Borg (NL)
28/09 > 14/10 Villa Hellebosch Daniel Hugo (SA)
17/09 > 29/10 Villa Hellebosch Firat Ceweri (SE)
17/09 > 29/10 Villa Hellebosch Tonu Onnepalu (EE)
03/09 > 01/10 Passa Porta Alan Hollinghurst (UK)
04/06 > 02/07 Passa Porta Marja Pruis (NL)
14/05 > 31/05 Passa Porta Kurt Brown (US)
30/04 > 28/05 Villa Hellebosch Ivana Sajko (KR)
30/04 > 28/05 Villa Hellebosch Renato Baretic (KR)
16/04 > 13/04 Passa Porta Caryl Phillips (UK/US)
02/04 > 30/04 Villa Hellebosch Petra Hulova (CZ)
02/04 > 30/04 Villa Hellebosch Tanja Dückers (DE)
05/03 > 26/03 Passa Porta Roberto Ferrucci (IT)
05/03 > 02/04 Villa Hellebosch Tommy Wieringa (NL)
05/03 > 02/04 Villa Hellebosch Natasza Goerke (PL)
22/02 > 05/03 Villa Hellebosch Rui Coias (PT)
25/01 > 10/02 Villa Hellebosch Els Moors (NL/VL)
22/01 > 05/03 Villa Hellebosch Damion Searls (US)
10/01 > 22/02 Villa Hellebosch Ulrike Draesner (DE)

2006

06/11 > 04/12 Villa Hellebosch Gilles Pellerin (CA)
06/11 > 21/12 Villa Hellebosch Finn Iunker (NO)
30/10 > 27/11 Passa Porta Norbert Gstrein (AU)
27/09 > 26/10 Villa Hellebosch Hannu Raittila (FI)
18/09 > 07/10 Villa Hellebosch Chantal Maillard (ES)
04/09 > 02/10 Passa Porta Rodaan Al Galidi (IQ/NL)
05/06 > 04/07 Passa Porta Peter Middendorp (NL)
22/05 > 05/06 Passa Porta Patrick Gale (UK)
03/05 > 29/05 Villa Hellebosch Franzobel (AU)
03/05 > 29/05 Villa Hellebosch Asli Erdogan (TR)
03/05 > 13/05 Passa Porta Olivier Rolin (FR)
03/04 > 01/05 Villa Hellebosch René Huigen (NL)
20/03 > 01/05 Villa Hellebosch Olga Tokarczuk (PL)
20/03 > 03/04 Villa Hellebosch Klaus Ferentschik (DE)
27/02 > 27/03 Passa Porta Chantal Maillard (ES)
17/01 > 13/03 Villa Hellebosch Anna Bolecka (PL)
17/01 > 13/03 Villa Hellebosch Michal Hvorecky (SK)

2005

07/11 > 04/12 Passa Porta Tommy Wieringa (NL)
04/11 > 30/11 Villa Hellebosch Atima Srivastava (GB)
31/10 > 27/11 Villa Hellebosch Ljudmila Ulitsjkaja (RU)
17/10 > 31/10 Passa Porta Patrice Robin (FR)
03/10 > 31/10 Villa Hellebosch Ilya Kotchergin (RU)
12/09 > 03/10 Passa Porta Richard Powers (US)
05/09 > 03/10 Villa Hellebosch Choman Hardi (GB)
05/09 > 31/10 Villa Hellebosch Eva Gerlach (NL)
06/06 > 27/06 Villa Hellebosch Virginie Buisson (FR)
16/05 > 06/06 Villa Hellebosch Aimée Laberge (CA)
02/05 > 30/05 Passa Porta Lydia Mischkulnig (AU)
02/05 > 20/06 Villa Hellebosch Marco Antonio Campos (MX)
28/03 > 23/05 Passa Porta Alan Tsjertsjesov (RU)
14/03 > 25/04 Villa Hellebosch Monika Fagerholm (FI)
14/03 > 11/04 Villa Hellebosch Gintaras Grajauskas (LT)
14/03 > 28/03 Passa Porta Patrick French (UK)
28/02 > 28/03 Villa Hellebosch Sophie Jabès (FR)
21/02 > 07/03 Villa Hellebosch Stepan Nosek (CZ)
07/02 > 14/02 Villa Hellebosch Sylvie Durbec (FR)
17/01 > 21/02 Villa Hellebosch Doris Kareva (EE)
17/01 > 14/02 Villa Hellebosch Ulrike Draesner (DE)

2004

02/11 > 13/12 Villa Hellebosch Jan Sonnergaard (DK)
02/11 > 29/11 Passa Porta Lucas Hüsgen (NL)
22/10 > 30/12 Villa Hellebosch Erik Menkveld (NL)
18/10 > 13/12 Villa Hellebosch Jacques Beaudry (CA)
18/10 > 02/11 Passa Porta Roberto Ferrucci (IT)
04/10 > 15/10 Passa Porta Nedim Gürsel (TR/FR)

2001

01/01 > 01/01 Jacques Beaudry (CA)