biography
pronunciation:
[wilmink]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Poet and novelist, born in Enschede, E Netherlands. Popular as a writer for children, he worked on several children's series writing songs, poems, and stories. Although literary critics classify his poetry as light verse, it has a melancholic and nostalgic undertone. His work demonstrates an excellent linguistic instinct and creative imagery. His interest in the Middle Ages is expressed in his translations of the mediaeval stories De reis van Sinte Brandaan (The Travels of Saint Brandaan) and Beatrijs (1995). |
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