Jan Henrik Eekhout (born 10 January 1900 in

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- died 6 March 1978 in

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) was a Dutch writer, poet and translator, particularly known as the author of the novel ''Pastoor Poncke'' ("Pastor Poncke"). During the

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Eekhout was a staunch

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'Jan H. Eekhout'
Nederlandse Poëzie Encyclopedie, 2017. However, the Dutch resistance fighter Jan "Poncke" Princen gained his nickname by reading aloud from this book to fellow-prisoners in a Nazi prison during World War II.

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1900 births 1978 deaths Dutch collaborators with Nazi Germany Dutch male poets Dutch translators People from Sluis 20th-century translators 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers {{Netherlands-writer-stub