Gerrit Kouwenaar
Gerrit Kouwenaar | |
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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9 August 1923
Died | 4 September 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 91)
Occupation | Novelist |
Years active | 1941–2008 |
Gerrit Kouwenaar (9 August 1923 – 4 September 2014) was a Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
Biography
Kouwenaar was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In the early 1940s, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he wrote various clandestine publications (the first in 1941), and worked for the illegal newspaper Parade der Profeten.[1] He was arrested for this and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.[2]
His first collection of poetry appeared in 1949, but he gained wider attention as a member of the Dutch poetry group known as the Vijftigers - the '50s poets'.[3][4] Kouwenaar worked for magazines and newspapers such as Vrij Nederland,[5] De Waarheid,[5] and Het Vrije Volk.[6] Kouwenaar was awarded the Martinus Nijhoff Prize in 1967 for his translation work.[7]
In 1970, he was given the P. C. Hooft Award. Kouwenaar later won the 1989 Dutch Literature Prize.[8] In 2009, the Society of Dutch Literature named Kouwenaar the recipient of its annual honor.[7] His last published work was released on 9 August 2008, Kouwenaar's eighty-fifth birthday.[7][9]
Gerrit Kouwenaar's older brother was the painter and poet David Kouwenaar (1921–2011).[10] Kouwenaar died on 4 September 2014 in Amsterdam, aged 91.[2]
References
- ^ "De exacte mogelijkheden van de taal" (in Dutch). Poetry International Web. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Dichter Gerrit Kouwenaar overleden". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Reuters. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Schouten, Rob (4 September 2014). "Gerrit Kouwenaar 1923-2014: Taal maakt geen leven". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ Hellemans, Frank (4 September 2014). "Grand old man van de Nederlandse poëzie Gerrit Kouwenaar (91) overleden". Knack (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Dichter Gerrit Kouwenaar overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Gerrit Kouwenaar: biografie" (in Dutch). National Library of the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 December 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Dichter Gerrit Kouwenaar overleden" (in Dutch). NPO Cultura. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Dichter Gerrit Kouwenaar (91) overleden" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "About Gerrit Kouwenaar". Poetry International Web. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Gerbrandy, Piet (4 September 2014). "Nederlandse dichter Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923–2014) overleden" (in Dutch). de Morgen. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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