biography
pronunciation:
[kampert]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Novelist and poet, born in The Hague, W Netherlands. A member of the Movement of Fifty, he wrote his first poems, Vogels vliegen toch (Birds Will Fly), in 1951. Recurring themes are on poetry as such, and the impossibility of expressing oneself in poetry, balancing the romantic ideal of pure love and the ultimate poem with sober reality. His poetry is more accessible than that of most poets of his generation, which has provided him with a large circle of readers. As a writer of ironic, light-hearted stories, he was most productive in the 1960s, publishing well-known novels such as Liefdesschijnbewegingen (1963, No Holds Barred) and Het gangstermeisje (1965, Gangster Girl). In 1985 he wrote the Boekenweekgeschenk Somberman's actie (Somberman's Action), thereby confirming his status in Dutch literature. He currently writes columns for De Volkskrant newspaper. |
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