biography
pronunciation:
[hahderwiykh]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (13th-c)
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| biography:
| Poet and writer from the S part of the Low Countries (Brabant). She wrote mystical poems and prose of great sensitivity and religiosity, although her work is difficult to understand for those without theological knowledge. She is considered one of the greatest mediaeval poets in the Low Countries. |
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