Balinese poet to go Dutch

DENPASAR, Bali: Balinese poet Warih Wisatsana is scheduled to perform in the winter festival Nachten, scheduled to last from February through mid-March in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Warih, 35, told Antara Tuesday that he would recite his poems which have been translated into Dutch by A. Teeuw.

Warih is going to the Netherlands on the invitation of the Netherlands' Cultural Ministry after being shortlisted by the festival's organizing committee last year.

He said a Jakarta poet, Rahmayani, would also attend the same festival where poets from all over the world are to gather.

Warih started to write poems when he was in high school in Semarang, Central Java. Several Balinese poets have recognized Warih as among the best on the island.