Paul Marijnis (9 September 1946 – 10 April 2008) was a Dutch writer and poet.
Career
Marijnis worked as a journalist at ''
NRC Handelsblad''.
Marijnis made his literary debut in 1993 at age 47 with the novel ''De zeemeermin'' published by
De Arbeiderspers
De Arbeiderspers is a Dutch publishing company, started as a socialist enterprise. The name means 'The Workers' Press'.
History
The company was started in 1929 as a combination of the publishing firm N.V. Ontwikkeling and the Dutch Social Dem ...
.
In an interview in 1993 Marijnis mentioned
Paul van Ostaijen
Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer.
Nickname
Van Ostaijen was born in Antwerp to Dutch father and Flemish mother. His nickname was ''Mister 1830'', derived from his habit of walk ...
,
J. Slauerhoff and
Lucebert
Lucebert (; Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk; 15 September 1924 – 10 May 1994) was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement.
He was born in Amsterdam in 1924. He entered the Institute for Arts and Crafts in 193 ...
as sources of inspiration.
Marijnis made his debut as poet with ''Gillette'' (1998) which was nominated for the
C. Buddingh'-prijs award in 1999.
His second poetry collection ''Roze zoenen'' (2002) won the very first
J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs in 2003.
Death
Marijnis died in 2008 after a stroke.
His last novel ''Waandag'' was published posthumously in 2009.
Publications
* ''De zeemeermin'' (1993)
* ''Gillette'' (1998)
* ''Roze zoenen'' (2002)
* ''Het licht in de kattenbak'' (2003)
* ''De loden schoentjes'' (2006)
* ''Waandag'' (2009)
* ''cumdag'' (2022)
References
External links
Paul Marijnis(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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1946 births
2008 deaths
Dutch male poets