List of Dutch poets
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- Bertus AafjesBertus Aafjes' , known as ', was a Dutch poet whose work is marked by his devout Catholicism. was born in Amsterdam. He wrote poems on the resistance to the German occupation during the World War II...
- Gerrit AchterbergGerrit AchterbergGerrit Achterberg was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of nine children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition. His father was a coach...
- Jan ArendsJan ArendsJan Arends was a brother of the poet Roelof Arends. He was a pupil of J. Ponse, and painted landscapes and marine subjects. He laboured many years at Amsterdam and Middelburg, but returned eventually to Dordrecht, where he died in 1805. He was well skilled in perspective, and practised...
(Jan [Johannes Cornelis] Arends) - Reyer AnsloReyer Anslo-Life:He was born at Amsterdam and brought up a Mennonite. Early civic fame as a poet came to him in Amsterdam, when he was rewarded by his with a laurel crown and a silver dish for a poem in honour of the new town hall...
- ArmandoArmandoThe name Armando may be in reference to:* Armando , the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd* Armando , studio album by rapper Pitbull* Armando , writer at Daily Kos...
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- Barlaeus (Kaspar van Baerle)
- Jacobus BellamyJacobus BellamyJacob Bellamy was a Dutch poet.He was the son of a Swiss baker.- Works :* Gezangen mijner jeugd...
- M. H. BendersM. H. BendersMartinus Hendrikus Benders is a Dutch poet who currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey. M.H. Benders was one of the first Dutch poets that worked with multimedia on the internet on the now extinct domain kannibaal.nl. Some of these works are still online on his own site...
- Nel BenschopNel BenschopNelly Anna "Nel" Benschop was a Dutch poet. She was the best selling poet in the Netherlands.-Early years:...
- Anna BijnsAnna BijnsAnna Bijns was a writer, schoolteacher and nun who taught until she was 80 years old.-Biography:The elder daughter of a tailor and rederijker, she opened a school in Antwerp with her brother Martin, following the death of her father and marriage of her sister. Anna Bijns was one of the rare women...
- Willem BilderdijkWillem BilderdijkWillem Bilderdijk , Dutch poet, the son of an Amsterdam physician. When he was six years old an accident to his foot incapacitated him for ten years, and he developed habits of continuous and concentrated study...
- Jan BoerstoelJan BoerstoelJan Boerstoel is a Dutch writer and poet who is perhaps best known for his song texts, especially for cabaret. He lives in Amsterdam. His poetry is melancholy, but often humorous as well. In his songs, Boerstoel frequently criticizes society...
- Louis Paul BoonLouis Paul BoonLouis Paul Boon was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language...
- Maria BarnasMaria BarnasMaria Barnas is a Dutch writer, poet and artist. -Life:She has written for theatre and has written a libretto for a chamber music piece called ‘The Piano Lake’...
- C. Buddingh'C. Buddingh'Cornelis Buddingh was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator, and the father of Harry Potter translator Wiebe Buddingh'. Amongst others he translated A Clockwork Orange and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch.-Poetry:In the early years of his career Kees Buddingh' mainly wrote...
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- Jan CampertJan CampertJan Remco Theodoor Campert was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding the Jews...
- Remco CampertRemco CampertRemco Campert is a Dutch author, poet and columnist.-Early years:Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem De achttien dooden, and actress Joekie Broedelet...
- Jacob CatsJacob CatsJacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.-Early years:...
- Hugo ClausHugo ClausHugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
- Gerard CornieljeGerard CornieljeGerard Cornielje is a saxophonist, singer and poet. Cornielje is also known for his studies and publications regarding transformational-generative grammar....
- Isaäc da CostaIsaac da CostaIsaac da Costa was a Dutch poet.Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jewish, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a prominent merchant in the city of Amsterdam; his mother, Rebecca Ricardo, was a near relative of the...
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- Haan, Jacob Israël deJacob Israël de HaanJacob Israël de Haan was a Dutch Jewish literary writer and journalist who was assassinated in Jerusalem by the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities and contacts with Arab leaders. He is believed to be the first victim of Zionist political violence...
- HadewijchHadewijchHadewijch was a 13th century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant.Most of her extant writings, none of which survived the Middle Ages as an autograph, are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch...
- Jan HanloJan HanloJohannes Bernardus Maria Raphael Hanlo was, under the pen name Jan Hanlo, a Dutch poet and writer.-References:...
- Jan Frederik HelmersJan Frederik HelmersJan Frederik Helmers , Dutch poet, was born at Amsterdam.His early poems, Night and Socrates , were tame and sentimental, but after 1805 he determined, in company with his brother-in-law, Cornelis Loots , to rouse national feeling by a burst of patriotic poetry.His Poems , but especially his great...
- Toon HermansToon HermansAntoine G. T. "Toon" Hermans was a noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer. He was born in Sittard, now part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen....
- Pieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
- Jotie T'HooftJotie T'HooftJohan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet.His life and death by overdose were made into a movie, the English title Junkie's Sorrow.-Life:Jotie T'Hooft was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium...
- Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
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- Jacob van MaerlantJacob van MaerlantJacob van Maerlant was the greatest Flemish poet of the thirteenth century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages.-Biography:...
- Hendrik MarsmanHendrik MarsmanHendrik Marsman was a Dutch poet and writer. He drowned while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was on was torpedoed by a German submarine....
- Willem de MérodeWillem de MérodeWillem de Mérode , is the pseudonym of Dutch poet Willem Eduard Keuning.He started writing at the age of fifteen. The work of Merode is considered to be the most important Christian work between both World Wars. Merode was a subtle man, deeply religious. He was a teacher at the primary school in...
(Willem Eduard Keuning) - Judith MokJudith MokJudith Mok born in Bergen, North Holland is a Dutchsoprano, author and poet, who lives in Ireland and has released novels and many articles in English.-Biography:...
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- Piet PaaltjensPiet Paaltjensthumb|right|François Haverschmidt.François Haverschmidt was a Dutch minister and writer, who wrote prose under his own name but remains best known for the poetry published under the pen name of Piet Paaltjens.- Life and career :Haverschmidt read Calvinist theology at Leiden University, graduating...
(François HaverSchmidt) - Ilja Leonard PfeijfferIlja Leonard PfeijfferIlja Leonard Pfeijffer , Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classical scholar, was born in Rijswijk, Netherlands, and having studied, lived and worked in Leiden, he moved permanently to Genoa, Italy, in 2008.- Biography :...
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- Annie M.G. Schmidt
- Anna Maria van SchurmanAnna Maria van SchurmanAnna Maria van Schurman was a German-Dutch painter, engraver, poet and scholar. She was a highly educated woman by seventeenth century standards...
- Johannes SecundusJohannes SecundusJohannes Secundus was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality.- Early life and education :...
- J. SlauerhoffJ. SlauerhoffJan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.-Youth:...
- Lucienne StassaertLucienne StassaertLucienne Stassaert is a Belgian poet.-Bibliography:* Verhalen van de jonkvrouw met de spade * Bongobloesembloed * Fossiel * Het dagelijks feest...
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- Adriaen Valerius
- M. VasalisM. VasalisMaria Vasalis was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans. Vasalis is her Latinized maiden name....
(Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans) - Martinus Veltman
- Peter VerhelstPeter VerhelstPeter Verhelst is a Belgian Flemish novelist, poet, and dramatist. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for Tongkat. His latest novel is a political thriller, Zwerm.- Life :...
- Albert VerweyAlbert VerweyAlbert Verwey was a Dutch poet associated with the "Movement of Eighty".Albert Verweywas born May 15, 1865, Amsterdam, Neth.Died March 8, 1937, Noordwijk aan Zee....
- Simon VestdijkSimon VestdijkSimon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.Born in the small town of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands. His prolificness as a novelist was legendary, but he...
- Simon VinkenoogSimon VinkenoogSimon Vinkenoog was a Dutch poet and writer. He was the editor of the anthology Atonaal , which launched the Dutch "Fifties Movement"....
- Eddy van VlietEddy Van VlietEduard Léon Juliaan van Vliet was a Belgian writer and lawyer. He graduated in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The fact that his father left his family, played an important role in his poetry....
- Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
- Ida VosIda VosIda Vos was a Dutch author. She wrote books for adults and children. In most of her books, Vos wrote about her experiences as a Jewish girl during the Second World War...
- Hendrik de VriesHendrik de VriesHendrik de Vries was a significant Dutch poet and painter. He was an early surrealist, was liberal-minded, and preached vitality. The subconscious mind plays a crucial role in his poetry.Much his inspiration came from his interest in Spain and Spanish culture...
- Leo VromanLeo VromanLeo Vroman is a Dutch-American hematologist, a prolific poet mainly in Dutch and an illustrator. Vroman was born in Gouda and he studied biology in Utrecht. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he fled to London. From there he traveled to the Dutch East Indies. He finished his...