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Each year, the Passa Porta apartment at the Vieux Marché Aux Grains in Brussels and that near Porte de Hal are 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.

2017

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 Hoda Barakat (FR/LB)