Pem Sluijter
Pem Sluijter[lower-alpha 1] (15 May 1939 – 18 December 2007) was a Dutch poet.
Pem Sluijter | |
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 Pem Sluijter in 2003 | |
| Born | Petronella Eduarda Maria Rutgers-Sluijter 15 May 1939 Middelburg |
| Died | 18 December 2007 (aged 68) The Hague |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Biography
Pem Sluijter was born in 1939 in Middelburg.
Sluijter worked between 1959 and 1963 as journalist at Het Parool.[1][2]
Sluijter made her debut at 58 years of age with poetry collection Roos is een bloem (1997). She won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut.[1] Her second poetry collection Het licht van Attica was published in 2004.[1] Both of her publications were published by De Arbeiderspers.
Sluijter died in The Hague in December 2007.[1]
In 2018, her poem Nachtbraak was added to a wall in the Batjanstraat in The Hague, both in Dutch and translated into English.[2]
Awards
- 1997: C. Buddingh'-prijs, Roos is een bloem
Publications
- Roos is een bloem (1997)
- Het licht van Attica (2004)
Notes
- Sometimes spelled as Pem Sluyter.
References
- "Dichteres Sluijter overleden" (in Dutch). NRC. 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- "Vijftiende muurgedicht in de Batjanstraat" (in Dutch). Stichting ArchipelpoëZie. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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