Mischa de Vreede

Mischa de Vreede (17 September 1936 – 12 May 2020) was a Dutch poet and writer. She won the 1959 Herman Gorterprijs.

Mischa de Vreese
De Vreede (1974)
Born(1936-09-17)17 September 1936
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Died12 May 2020(2020-05-12) (aged 83)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Biography

De Vreede was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She was the second child of three and only daughter. Her father was a pastor and her mother a teacher.[1] Her background, as lived in the Dutch East Indies, would play a role in several of her works.

Her debut was the poetry collection Morgen mooi weer maken (1957). In 1959, she was awarded the Herman Gorterprijs for the poem Een jong meisje droomt, published in Met huid en hand (poetry series "De Windroos"). At the time she had also published a short story in the notable literary magazine Podium.

From 1969 on, she earned her living with writing. She wrote columns for, among others, VARA radio, wrote children's book reviews for NRC Handelsblad and was a speaker for the organization Schrijvers School Samenleving (SSS, now known as De Schrijverscentrale). She also wrote travel reports for Vrij Nederland, Intermagazine and Elégance, among others.

Her last novel was Heilige Dagen (2007), her last magazine article was in 2019. De Vreede was married twice and had two children. From 1970 she had a long-lasting relationship with publisher Geert Lubberhuizen. She died in Amsterdam in May 2020 after being ill for a while, aged 83.[2]

References
  1. Vreede, Mischa de. "Biografie – Mischa de Vreede (1936–2020)" (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Schrijfster en dichteres Mischa de Vreede (83) overleden". Telegraaf (in Dutch). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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