Ernst Rudolf van Altena (11 December 193315 June 1999) was a Dutch poet, writer and translator. He was best known for his translations of

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Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (, ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, l ...

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* 1933 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century translators Dutch male poets Writers from Amsterdam French–Dutch translators {{Netherlands-translator-stub