Jan Campert
Jan Remco Theodoor Campert (Spijkenisse, 15 August 1902 – 12 January 1943)[1] was a Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding Jews. He was held in the Neuengamme concentration camp, where he died.
Campert is best known for his poem "Het lied der achttien dooden " ("The Song of the Eighteen Dead"), describing the execution of 18 resistance workers (15 resistance fighters and three communists) by the German occupier. Written in 1941 and based on an account published in Het Parool, the poem was clandestinely published in 1943 as a poetry card (rijmprent) by what became the De Bezige Bij publishing house[2] to raise money to hide Jewish children.
He was the father of the novelist and poet Remco Campert.
The Jan Campert Prize is named after him.
References
- ^ "Jan Campert" (in Dutch). bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren.
- ^ Hubben, Hub. (May 14, 2004). "Illegaal was beter dan clandestien". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved July 21, 2009.
Further reading
- Hans Renders, Wie weet slaag ik in de dood. Biografie van Jan Campert. De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2004.
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