biography
pronunciation:
[haw(r)nik]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1910–70)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in The Hague, W Netherlands. He worked as a journalist, and published his first poetry Het keerpunt (The Turning Point) in 1936. His poetry, written in simple, non-poetic language, displays a high level of social commitment and embodies religious motives. A leading figure of the younger pre-war generation and co-founder of the Amsterdamse school, after World War 2 he had difficulty re-establishing his position in literary life due to both his traumatic internment in Dachau concentration camp and the influence of the emerging Movement of Fifty, which rejected his traditional poetry. He nevertheless continued writing poetry and also became an editor of De Gids. |
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