Mischa Andriessen
(Netherlands, 1970)
Mischa Andriessen (Apeldoorn, 1970) maakt zijn lezers tot padvinders. In de drie …
Robert Anker
(The Netherlands, 1946–2017)
Initially, Robert Anker wrote poems like those of Christ van Geel – small, …
Armando
(The Netherlands, 1929)
Armando has been publishing poetry since 1954. His Collected Poems were …
Jan Baeke
(The Netherlands, 1956)
Besides being a poet and translator, Jan Baeke is one of the programmers of the …
H.H. ter Balkt
(The Netherlands, 1938–2015)
“Go home, Poetry, and take me with you,” H.H. ter Balkt writes in his …
Maria Barnas
(The Netherlands, 1973)
Before she published her first collection of poetry, Twee zonnen (Two Suns, …
J. Bernlef
(The Netherlands, 1937–2012)
J. Bernlef has made his mark in just about every literary genre under the sun. He …
Hannah van Binsbergen
(Netherlands, 1993)

Jaap Blonk
(The Netherlands, 1953)
Before poets began to mount platforms in numbers, towards the turn of the last century, …
Mark Boog
(The Netherlands, 1970)
Mark Boog was awarded the 2000 C. Buddingh’ Prize for new Dutch-language poetry for his …
Pieter Boskma
(Netherlands, 1956)
Pieter Boskma is a cosmic poet and has been since his first collections: a wide panoply …
Anneke Brassinga
(The Netherlands, 1948)
Anneke Brassinga is the language wizard of Dutch poetry. Perhaps the special feeling …
Tsead Bruinja
(The Netherlands, 1974)
Tsead Bruinja is a poet unafraid of delving into the alternative, the small and the …
C. (Cornelis) Buddingh’ 
(Netherlands, 1918–1985)
C. Buddingh’ (Dordrecht, 1918) is classic example of a minor poet. He was not an …
Remco Campert
(The Netherlands, 1929)
Remco Campert was born in The Hague, 1929, son of poet Jan Campert and actress Joekie …
Maria van Daalen
(The Netherlands, 1950)
Maria van Daalen made her début as a poet in 1989 with Raveslag (The Beat of the …
Kreek Daey Ouwens
(The Netherlands, 1942)
Kreek (her given names are Elisabeth Hubertina Louisa) Daey Ouwens published her first …
Ellen Deckwitz
(Netherlands, 1982)
She was convincingly crowned national slam champion in 2009; then two years later she …
Jules Deelder
(The Netherlands, 1944)
Jules Deelder is undoubtedly one of the Netherlands’ best-known poets. He owes …
F. van Dixhoorn
(The Netherlands, 1948)
Presumably after much experimentation, F. van Dixhoorn found the best form for his …
Arjen Duinker
(The Netherlands, 1956)
Arjen Duinker was born in Delft in 1956 and studied psychology and philosophy. He has …
J. Eijkelboom
(The Netherlands, 1926–2008)
J. Eijkelboom made his début as a poet in 1979, at the age of fifty and after a long …
Anna Enquist
(Netherlands, 1945)
Anna Enquist is the pseudonym of Dutch writer Christa Widlund-Broer. She is a …
Hans Faverey
(Suriname, 1933–1990)
Hans Faverey was selected from our festival archives by Thomas Möhlmann from the …
Anne Feddema
(The Netherlands, 1961)
Anne Feddema grew up in his native town, where he still lives and works. Feddema is a …
Rodaan Al Galidi
(Iraq, 1971)

Sieger M. Geertsma
(The Netherlands, 1979)
Sieger M. Geertsma performs something between poetry and rap. His poetry is marked by …
Piet Gerbrandy
(Netherlands, 1958)
Even at collection title level, Piet Gerbrandy juxtaposes opposing concepts. A silent …
Eva Gerlach
(The Netherlands, 1948)
After submitting poems to several reviews from 1977 onwards, Gerlach published her …
Jan Glas
(Netherlands, 1958)
In his poem ‘Veurbie laans Raitdaip’ (Passing Each Other Along the …
Herman Gorter
(The Netherlands, 1864–1927)
Herman Gorter was a leading member of the Eighties Movement, a highly influential group …
Maarten van der Graaff
(Netherlands, 1987)
Maarten van der Graaff’s debut book Vluchtautogedichten (Getawaycarpoems, …
Jacob Groot
(The Netherlands, 1947)
Jacob Groot (Venhuizen, 1947) has been publishing poetry, prose and essays since 1970. …
Lloyd Haft
(USA, 1946)
Lloyd Haft (Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1946) moved from the United States to the Netherlands …
Micha Hamel
(Netherlands, 1970)
Micha Hamel is a composer-conductor and poet. He composes orchestral works, songs and …
Elma van Haren
(The Netherlands, 1954)
The poetry that Elma van Haren has published until now in six collections for adults …
Judith Herzberg
(The Netherlands, 1934)
Judith Herzberg is one of the most famous living poets in the Netherlands; a selection …
Tsjêbbe Hettinga
(The Netherlands, 1949–2013)
Hettinga was born in Burchwert, a small village in the province of Friesland in the …
Wim Hofman
(The Netherlands, 1941)
Wim Hofman is best known as a writer of children’s books and as a visual artist. His …
Esther Jansma
(The Netherlands, 1958)
Esther Jansma made her debut with Stem onder mijn bed (Voice under my Bed, 1988) …
Sasja Janssen
(Netherlands, 1968)
A poet, novelist and short story writer, Sasja Janssen made her literary debut in 1999 …
C.O. Jellema
(Netherlands, 1936–2003)
Poetry International has an extensive online collection of poetry and poets, but our …
Hester Knibbe
(Netherlands, 1946)
Een dunne duurzaamheid (A thin permanence) is the title of one of Hester …
Frank Koenegracht
(The Netherlands, 1945)
Frank Koenegracht is one of the best, albeit not yet best-known, poets of the Dutch …
antoine de kom
(Netherlands, 1956)
antoine de kom was born in The Hague in 1956 but spent his formative years in …
Gerrit Komrij
(The Netherlands, 1944–2012)
Gerrit Komrij was a lone figure in Dutch poetry at the time of the appearance of his …
Rutger Kopland
(The Netherlands, 1934–2012)
Rutger Kopland is convinced that scientific research is fundamentally no different to …
Gerrit Kouwenaar
(The Netherlands, 1923–2014)
Gerrit Kouwenaar was first published in clandestine publications during World War II. …
Marc Kregting
(The Netherlands, 1965)
On his blog, Marc Kregting, born in Breda in 1965, introduces himself as follows: …
Gerrit Krol
(The Netherlands, 1934–2013)
Gerrit Krol studied mathematics. He worked as a computer programmer for Shell Oil and …
Elmar Kuiper
(The Netherlands, 1969)
Elmar Kuiper, born in Sneek, lives and works in the small Friesian village of Huins. He …
Astrid Lampe
(The Netherlands, 1955)
Astrid Lampe has written of her poetry, “With stylistic niceties and with …
Marije Langelaar
(Netherlands, 1978)
Marije Langelaar (Goes, 1978) is an artist and poet. She won literary acclaim with her …
Ed Leeflang
(The Netherlands, 1929–2008)
Ed Leeflang worked for a few years as a journalist, studied Dutch letters and …
Joke van Leeuwen
(The Netherlands, 1952)
Joke van Leeuwen is among the Netherlands’ most acclaimed writers of children’s books. …
Peter van Lier
(The Netherlands, 1960)
Peter van Lier is a strange poet. His work consists of meticulous observations of human …
Tomas Lieske
(Netherlands, 1943)
Tomas Lieske made his debut at the age of forty-four with the poetry …
Gerry van der Linden
(The Netherlands, 1952)
One year after publishing her first book of poems, De Aantekening (The Note; …
Erik Lindner
(The Netherlands, 1968)
Erik Lindner made his début in 1996 with Tramontane, a collection of …
Lucebert
(The Netherlands, 1924–1994)
Lucebert, the pseudonym for Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, loosely incorporates …
Erik Menkveld
(Netherlands, 1959–2014)
Erik Menkveld liked for the duration of a poem to slink into the skin of people or …
Hanny Michaelis
(The Netherlands, 1922–2007)
Hanny Michaelis was born in 1922 in Amsterdam, and her small but distinctive oeuvre has …
K. Michel
(The Netherlands, 1958)
K. Michel can hardly be said to be a prolific writer. Since his debut in 1989, Ja! …
Ramsey Nasr
(The Netherlands, 1974)
If there is any truth in the cliché that Dutch authors are characterised by modesty and …
Cees Nooteboom
(The Netherlands, 1933)
Cees Nooteboom has won international renown as an author of novels, novellas and travel …
Tonnus Oosterhoff
(Netherlands, 1953)
The son of a rural hospital chaplain, Tonnus Oosterhoff studied at the University of …
Willem Jan Otten
(The Netherlands, 1951)
Willem Jan Otten is a poet, essayist, novelist and playwright. All his work is strongly …
Kees Ouwens
(The Netherlands, 1944–2004)
Kees Ouwens began his writing career as a neoromantic. In collections bearing such …
Hagar Peeters
(The Netherlands, 1972)
Hagar Peeters had been reading at major Dutch poetry festivals for some years when her …
Ester Naomi Perquin
(Netherlands, 1980)
Few Dutch poets have enjoyed such immediate success as Esther Naomi Perquin (1980). …
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
(The Netherlands, 1968)
After reading Classics and a stint of teaching at Leiden University, Ilja Leonard …
Sybren Polet
(Netherlands, 1924–2015)
The poet Sybren Polet (pseudonym for Sybren Minnema) made his debut in 1946 with the …
Martin Reints
(The Netherlands, 1950)
Martin Reints has published five collections of poetry. After Waar ze komt daar is …
L.F. Rosen
(, 1953)
L.F. Rosen made his debut in 1994 with the collection Adel, published by Van …
Alfred Schaffer
(Netherlands, 1973)
One of the most talented poets of his generation writing in Dutch, Alfred Schaffer …
K. Schippers
(Netherlands, 1936)
K. Schippers (the pseudonym of Gerard Stigter; Amsterdam, 1936) made his first …
J. Slauerhoff
(The Netherlands, 1898–1936)
J. Slauerhoff is one of the greatest Dutch poets of the twentieth century. He owes the …
Hans Sleutelaar
(Netherlands, 1935)
Two poetry collections were published by Hans Sleutelaar, with a 25-year pause between …
Albertina Soepboer
(The Netherlands, 1969)
Albertina Soepboer was born in the small town of Holwerd in the Dutch province of …
Mustafa Stitou
(Netherlands, 1974)
If the essence of poetry is to break with expectations, Mustafa Stitou is conceivably …
Toon Tellegen
(The Netherlands, 1941)
Toon Tellegen, born in Den Briel, is considered one of The Netherlands’ finest …
Hans Tentije
(The Netherlands, 1944)
Hans Tentije chose as a motto for his 1987 collection Schemeringen (Twilights) …
Willem van Toorn
(The Netherlands, 1935)
Willem van Toorn has published novels, stories and poetry collections since his début …
Vrouwkje Tuinman
(Netherlands, 1974)
If there’s one word that defines the poetry and prose of Vrouwkje Tuinman, it …
C.B. Vaandrager
(Netherlands, 1935–1992)
Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager’s life and work are more intricately intertwined …
Anne Vegter
(Netherlands, 1958)
“Miracles hang slack with laughter off the table, not even properly …
Hans Verhagen
(The Netherlands, 1939)
Hans Verhagen started as a poet in the turbulent 1960s, with collections whose titles …
Nyk de Vries
(The Netherlands, 1971)
Nyk de Vries is a writer and musician. He was born in Noardburgum in Friesland and read …
Leo Vroman
(The Netherlands, 1915–2014)
Leo Vroman is the ‘grand old man’ of Dutch poetry. He began writing poems …
Henk van der Waal
(The Netherlands, 1960)
Henk van der Waal writes poetry with a melodious, eroticising use of words. In his …
Elly de Waard
(The Netherlands, 1940)
Elly de Waard tested the literary waters in the late 1970s with two, rather subdued, …
Rogi Wieg
(The Netherlands, 1962–2015)
Rogi Wieg, of Hungarian extraction, is a poet of a type not often found in the …
Menno Wigman
(The Netherlands, 1966)
“Menno Wigman is not only one of today’s most interesting young Dutch …
Nachoem M. Wijnberg
(The Netherlands, 1961)
One ought to be able to say of a poem: it begins well but by line seven it becomes …
Peer Wittenbols
(The Netherlands, 1965)
Peer Wittenbols made his debut as a poet in 2000 with the collection Slaapschuld …
B. Zwaal
(Netherlands, 1944)
B. Zwaal (Vlaardingen, 1944) is a poet. For many years, however, he was the director of …
 
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