Frie Leysen
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| Born | 1950[1] Hasselt[1] |
Frie Leysen (born in Hasselt in 1950) is a Belgian festival director. She founded the art centre deSingel in Antwerp, and was a director of the organisation from 1980-1991. She founded the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels in 1992, and led the event until 2006. She curated the Theater der Welt in 2008-2010, was an artistic director at erliner Festspiele. in 2010-12, and was the theatre director of the Wiener Festwochen in 2013-14.
She was awarded the Flemish Community Award for general cultural contributions in 2003, an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Brussels, and the Erasmus Prize in 2014.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c "Former Laureates". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2015.