biography
| name: |
Waals, Jacqueline Elisabeth van der
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pronunciation:
[van der wahls]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1868–1922)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in The Hague, W Netherlands. Her poetry expresses inner insecurity and melancholia, but more religious feelings towards the end of her life. Her work is direct and simple, and received admiration in the Protestant Christian community in particular. Her interest in Scandinavian literature is evident in her essays on Selma Lagerlöf, Kierkegaard, and Ibsen. |
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