biography
| name: |
Campert, Jan (Remco Theodoor)
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pronunciation:
[kampert]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1902–43)
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| biography:
| Writer and drama critic, born in Spijkenisse, SW Netherlands. After having trained as a salesman, he worked in journalism and began writing poetry and stories. His poem De achttien dooden (The Eighteen Deads), illegally published in 1941, became a famous song of resistance to the Germans. He was arrested for helping Jews during the war. |
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