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Martinus Nijhoff - Awater
Martinus Nijhoff was born into a family of booksellers and publishers in The Hague in 1894. His four collections of poetry include some of the best work ever published in Dutch. He was immediately recognized as a poet of rare... >>>> read more
Lucebert – Collected Poems
Lucebert (1924-94) was one of the most influential innovators in twentieth-century Dutch poetry. He was a key figure in the Fiftiers Movement, a group of experimental poets who changed the face of Dutch literature in the years that followed World... >>>> read more
Nachoem M. Wijnberg - Selected Poems
According to Nachoem M. Wijnberg, one of the Netherlands’ preeminent living poets, it should be possible to say of a poem: it begins well, but by line seven it becomes a false claim. He also once said that a child... >>>> read more
Ramsey Nasr - Heavenly Life
Holland’s current Poet Laureate, its youngest to date, enjoys creating long, unfurling verses in which several voices resound and humour and tragedy coexist. He is not afraid of taking a moral stance. Nasr is a man of many trades, but... >>>> read more