Eppie Dam and Ammerins Moss-de Boer appointed as members

The Fryske Akademy in Leeuwarden appointed two new members at its annual Akademy Day: writer and poet Eppie Dam and interpreter-translator Ammerins Moss-de Boer. The members were appointed for their special contribution in the field of science or society related to the Frisian language and culture. 

The two new members are:

Eppie Dam (71, resident in Sloten, born in Kollumerpomp)

From Rev Liuwe Westra's laudatio: 
‘Eppie Dam contributed unimaginably to Frisian literature before, during and after his working life as a school teacher, first in Urk, then in Balk. Dam published some 20 books of poetry and one of them was even awarded the Gysbert Japicx Prize, Fallend ljocht, in 2017. Besides the poetry collections, Dam also wrote the same amount of children's books. And then there are the dozens of songs, oratorios, liturgies and cantatas for which Eppie Dam has provided the texts and which have made people feel that their deepest convictions in life are appealingly expressed in them. Touching people, with texts that go beyond life and death, there is no greater crowning achievement.’

Ammerins Moss-de Boer (50, living in Bitgummole, born in Dokkum)

From the laudatio by Rev Liuwe Westra: 
Ammerins Moss-de Boer is not only a sworn interpreter-translator from English to Dutch, but since 2021 also from English to Frisian and vice versa. She is one of the driving forces behind the movement to get a better arrangement for Frisian interpreters at court. Moreover, as secretary of It Skriuwersbûn, Ammerins Moss represents the collective voice of all Frisian speakers: the voice of literature. (...). She is someone who gives Frisians the chance to make themselves heard with his or her own sound, precisely at the moments when it matters, and she encourages the Frisian community to participate in the world with its own sound.’