Elly de Waard
Elly de Waard (photo by Ben Kleyn)
Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.[1]
She was born in Bergen[1] and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam.[2] From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant and the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland.[3] She also served on a jury which awarded the Dutch Edison music awards in 1972.[4] In 1978, de Waard published her first book of poems Afstand (Distance). She was a founding member of the Anna Bijns Foundation, which awards a prize to a Dutch female writer. She had a leading role in the group of women poets known as De Nieuwe Wilden (The New Savages).[3]
Selected works[]
- Luwte (Shelter) (1979)
- Furie (Fury) (1981)
- Strofen (1983)
- Anna Bijns (1985)
- Een wildernis van verbindingen (1986)
- Sara (1987)
- Onvoltooiing (1988)
- Eenzang (1992)
- Eenzang twee (1993)
- Het zij (Or she) (1995)
- Anderling (1998)
- Zestig (2000)[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Elly de Waard" (in Dutch). digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren.
- ^ Europa Publications (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. p. 407. ISBN 185743269X.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Meijer, Maaike; Eijsker, Erica; Peypers, Ankie; Prins, Yopie (1998). Dutch and Flemish Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology. p. 185. ISBN 1558611525.
- ^ Billboard. December 16, 1972. p. 49.
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