biography
| name: |
Bloem, Jakobus Cornelis
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pronunciation:
[bloom]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1966)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Oudshoorn, N Netherlands. He studied law, and worked as a civil servant, journalist, and a clerk of the court. His poems, written in a style based on the classicist tradition, expressed a romantic longing, which to him was not dissatisfaction, but a force that made life bearable. Among his awards were the Constantijn Huygensprize (1949), the P C Hooft prize (1952), and the Great Prize of Dutch literature (1965). |
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