Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet. She was born in

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and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the

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. From 1965 to 1984, she was a

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critic for the Dutch daily newspaper ''

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'' and the Dutch weekly magazine ''

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''. She also served on a jury which awarded the Dutch

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in 1972. 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).

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)

References

1940 births Living people Dutch women poets 20th-century Dutch women writers 21st-century Dutch women writers People from Bergen, North Holland International Writing Program alumni {{Netherlands-writer-stub