Elma van Haren (born 29 August 1954) is a Dutch poet.

Career

In 1988, she made her debut as poet with ''Reis naar het welkom geheten''. She won the very first C. Buddingh'-prijs for this collection of poems. She went on to publish various poem collections including ''De wankel'' (1989), ''Het schuinvallend oog'' (1991) and ''Grondstewardess'' (1996). In 1997, she received the

Jan Campert Prize The Jan Campert Prize (in Dutch: Jan Campert-prijs) is a Dutch literary prize established in 1948, which is awarded annually for works of poetry by the Jan Campert Foundation. The foundation was created in 1948 to honour Jan Campert, considered by ...

for ''Grondstewardess''. Her poem ''Het schitterende'' from her work ''Eskimoteren'' was selected as one of the three best poems of the year 2000. She made her debut in children's poetry with ''De wiedeweerga'' (1998). In 2012, she made her debut in

prose Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions of formal academic writing. It differs from most traditional poetry, where the f ...

with the collections of stories ''Walsen''. Van Haren's first novel ''Mevrouw OVO'' was published in 2017. Her work is published by publishing company Uitgeverij De Harmonie.

Publications

* ''Reis naar het welkom geheten'' (1988) * ''De wankel'' (1989) * ''Het schuinvallend oog'' (1991) * ''Grondstewardess'' (1996) * ''De wiedeweerga'' (1998) * ''Eskimoteren'' (2000) * ''Het Krakkemik'' (2003) * ''Zacht gat in broekzak'' (2005) * ''Flitsleemte'' (2009) * ''Likmevestje'' (2011) * ''Walsen'' (2012) * ''Mevrouw OVO'' (2017) * ''Zuurstofconfetti'' (2018)

References

External links

Elma van Haren
(in Dutch), Uitgeverij De Harmonie
Elma van Haren
(in Dutch),

Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

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