The following is a list of Dutch poets.

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Anne van Amstel Anne van Amstel (born June 25, 1974) is a Dutch writer. She was born in Hoogeveen and was educated at the Menso Alting College there, going on to study English literature and clinical psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Van Amstel wo ...

* Hans Andreus *

Reyer Anslo Reyer Anslo (1622 or 1626 – 16 May 1669) was a Dutch poet. Life Anslo was born at Amsterdam and brought up a Mennonite. He was baptized in 1646. Early civic fame as a poet came to him in Amsterdam, when he was rewarded by his with a laurel ...

Jan Arends Jan Arends (11 September 1738, in Dordrecht – 22 April 1805, in Dordrecht) was a Dutch painter. He was the brother of the poet Roelof Arends. He was a pupil of J. Ponse, and painted landscapes and marine subjects. He laboured many years at Ams ...

(Jan ohannes CornelisArends) *

Armando Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

Bernardo Ashetu Bernardo Ashetu (4 March 1929 – 3 August 1982) was a Surinamese poet. Biography Henk van Ommeren was born on the edge of Paramaribo as the son of doctor Hendrik van Ommeren who would later become Chairman of the Estates of Suriname. His son ...

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Barlaeus Caspar Barlaeus (February 12, 1584 – January 14, 1648) was a Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian. Life Born Caspar (Kaspar) van Baerle in Antwerp, Barlaeus' parents fled the city when it was occupied by Spa ...

(Kaspar van Baerle) *

Maria Barnas Maria Barnas (born 28 August 1973, Hoorn) is a Dutch writer, poet and artist. Awards * 2004 C. Buddingh'-prijs voor nieuwe Nederlandstalige poëzie' for 'Two Suns' ('Twee zonnen, 2003 De Arbeiderspers) * 2009 J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs for 'A City ...

* Jacobus Bellamy *

Charles Beltjens Karel Michel Hubert (Charles) Beltjens (2 May 1832 – 20 June 1890) was a Dutch poet of the 19th century, who wrote exclusively in French. He was born in Sittard on 2 May 1832. His father came from Roermond and his mother's family came from Frenc ...

M. H. Benders Martinus Hendrikus Hogervorst-Benders (born 23 July 1971, Helmond) is a Dutch poet and philosopher, and chief editor of literary magazine ''De Honingzaag'' Benders published his first poetry book titled 'Karavanserai' in 2008, with Nieuw Amsterd ...

* Nel Benschop *

Joost Berman Joost Berman (9 January 1793 – 18 March 1855) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, politician, poet, nonfiction writer, and editor. Life Joost Berman was born in Ouwerkerk as the son of Maarten Berman (1769–1832) en Geertruida der Weduwen (1772?–184 ...

J. Bernlef Hendrik Jan Marsman (14 January 1937 – 29 October 2012), better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous ...

* Anna Bijns * Willem Bilderdijk *

Jan Boerstoel Jan Boerstoel (born 3 November 1944, The Hague) is a Dutch writer and poet who is perhaps best known for his song texts, especially for cabaret. He lives in Amsterdam. His poetry is melancholy, but often humorous as well. In his songs, Boerstoe ...

* Louis Paul Boon * Joan van Broekhuizen *

C. Buddingh' Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' (7 August 1918 – 24 November 1985) was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator. Amongst others he translated ''A Clockwork Orange'' and the complete works of William Shakespeare into Dutch. His son Wiebe Buddingh‘ l ...

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Jan Campert Jan Remco Theodoor Campert ( Spijkenisse, 15 August 1902 – 12 January 1943) was a Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aidin ...

Remco Campert Remco Campert (28 July 1929 – 4 July 2022) was a Dutch author, poet and columnist. Early years Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem ''De achttien dooden'', and actress Joekie Bro ...

Jacob Cats Jacob Cats (10 November 1577 – 12 September 1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Early years Jacob Cats was born on 10 November 1577 in Brouwershaven as son of Adriaen Cornelis ...

Bart Chabot Bart Chabot (The Hague, 26 September 1954) is a Dutch writer and poet. Biography Chabot went to the University of Leiden to study Dutch language and literature. During that period, he befriended the artists and drug users Jules Deelder and Herma ...

* Hugo Claus *

Isaäc da Costa Isaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish poet. Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jew, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a prominent me ...

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* Maria van Daalen *

Jan Michiel Dautzenberg Johan Michiel Dautzenberg (6 December 1808, in Heerlen – 4 February 1869, in Elsene) was a Belgian writer. Professionally he was successively secretary, clerk, teacher, private tutor, and bookkeeper. He wrote poems on nature, songs, novels, p ...

Jules Deelder Jules Anton Deelder (24 November 1944 – 19 December 2019) was a Dutch poet, spoken word poet and writer. His poems cover topics such as life in the city of Rotterdam, drug use, and jazz. He was very passionate about the Dutch language and fear ...

Aagje Deken Agatha ("Aagje") Deken (1741 in Nieuwer-Amstel – 14 November 1804, in The Hague) was a Dutch writer. Biography Agatha Deken was born in 1741. In 1745, after her parents died, she went to live in the 'Oranje Appel' orphanage in Amsterdam, wher ...

F. van Dixhoorn François Henricus Anthonie van Dixhoorn (born 17 June 1948) is a Dutch poet. Career Van Dixhoorn made his debut with the poetry collection ''Jaagpad / Rust in de tent / Zwaluwen vooruit'' in 1994. He won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut. ...

* Hans Dorrestijn * Bart FM Droog

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* Margriet Ehlen * Willem Elsschot *

Anna Enquist Anna Enquist (born 19 July 1945) is the pen name of one of the more popular authors in the Netherlands, Christa Widlund-Broer. She is known for both her poetry and her novels. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Enquist studied piano at the music acade ...

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Hans Faverey Hans Antonius Faverey (14 September 1933, in Paramaribo – 8 July 1990, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch poet of Surinam descent. Besides being a poet, he was a lecturer at the psychology department of the Universiteit Leiden. Biography Faverey was bo ...

Willem Godschalck van Focquenbroch Willem Godschalck van Focquenbroch (1640 – June 1670) was a Dutch poet and playwright. Aside from satirical and burlesque plays and poetry, he also wrote more serious works in a Petrarchic tradition. Whereas there was little attention for Focquen ...

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Eva Gerlach Eva Gerlach (born April 9, 1948) is a Dutch poet. She also writes under the name Margaret Dijkstra. Biography She was born in Amsterdam. In 1979, she published her first collection of poetry ''Verder geen leed'' (No Further Distress) in 1979. It ...

* Guido Gezelle * Herman Gorter

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* Haan, Jacob Israël de *

Hadewijch Hadewijch, sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp) was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writings inc ...

Jan Hanlo Jan Hanlo, in full Johannes Bernardus Maria Raphael Hanlo (Bandung, Dutch East Indies, 29 May 1912 - Maastricht, Netherlands 16 June 1969) was a Dutch poet and writer. The son of a judge in the Dutch East Indies, Hanlo grew up with his mother, who ...

Elma van Haren 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 p ...

* Jan Frederik Helmers * Toon Hermans * Judith Herzberg *

Rozalie Hirs Rozalie Hirs (born 7 April 1965) is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music and a poet. The principal concerns of her work are the adventure of listening, reading, and the imagination. Biography Rozalie Hirs studied piano and voice fro ...

Pieter 't Hoen Pieter 't Hoen (baptized 18 October 1744 in Utrecht – 9 January 1828 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch journalist, poet, and politician who played an important role during the Patriottentijd as the editor of De Post van den Neder-Rhijn. Personal lif ...

* Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft *

Jotie T'Hooft Johan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft (9 May 1956 – 6 October 1977) was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet. He is well known for his hippie/ junkie lifestyle, death-related poetry and early death at age 21 from a drug-related suicide. These e ...

* Constantijn Huygens

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Esther Jansma Esther Jansma (born 24 December 1958)Prof.dr. E. Jansma (1958 - )
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* Jan Kal * Willem Kloos *

Hester Knibbe Hester Knibbe (born 6 January 1946) is a Dutch poet. She was born in Harderwijk. In 1982, Knibbe published her first collection of poetry ''Tussen gebaren en woorden'' (Between gestures and words). Her poetry has been included in various literary ...

* Antoine de Kom * Gerrit Komrij * Gerrit Krol

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Cynthia Lenige Cynthia Lenige, also known as Kynke Lenige (6 November 1755 – 3 October 1780), was a Frisian poet. She died young, and her body of work is limited mostly to occasional poetry, though she also wrote a few satirical poems which argued for a ...

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 ...

(Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk) * Gerry van der Linden

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Jacob van Maerlant Jacob van Maerlant (c. 1230–40 – c. 1288–1300) was a Flemish poet of the 13th century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages. Biography Jacob van Maerlant was born near Bruges. He becam ...

Paul Marijnis 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 D ...

Hendrik Marsman Hendrik Marsman (30 September 1899, in Zeist – 21 June 1940, in Gulf of Biscay) was a Dutch poet and writer. He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the ', either suffered a fatal engine-room explosion, or wa ...

* Vonne van der Meer * Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merkenvan Logchem
* Erik Menkveld * Willem de Mérode (Willem Eduard Keuning) * Saul van Messel (Jaap Meijer) *

Hanny Michaelis Hanny Michaelis (19 December 1922 – 11 June 2007) was a Dutch poet. The daughter of Alfred Michaelis and Gonda Sara Swaab, both Jewish, she was born in Amsterdam. Her parents were sent to Sobibór in 1943 and never returned. She lived in ...

Judith Mok Judith Mok is a Dutch soprano, author and poet, who lives in Ireland and has released novels and many articles in English. Biography Judith Mok was born in Bergen, North Holland. After graduating from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague at a ve ...

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Nescio Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh (born 22 June 1882 in Amsterdam; died 25 July 1961 in Hilversum), known by his pen name of Nescio (Latin for "I don't know"), was a Dutch writer. Grönloh was a businessman by profession, but as Nescio he is mainl ...

(J.H.F. Grönloh) *

Martinus Nijhoff Martinus Nijhoff (20 April 1894, in The Hague – 26 January 1953, in The Hague) was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was made in 1916 with his volume ''De wandelaar'' ("The wanderer"). F ...

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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 walki ...

Willem Jan Otten Willem Jan Otten (born 4 October 1951) is a Dutch prose writer, playwright and poet, who in 2014 won the P. C. Hooft Award for lifetime literary achievement. Biography Otten was born in Amsterdam as the son of the musicians Marijke Ferguson and ...

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Piet Paaltjens François Haverschmidt. François Haverschmidt, also written as HaverSchmidt (14 February 1835 in Leeuwarden – 19 January 1894 in Schiedam), was a Dutch minister and writer, who wrote prose under his own name but remains best known for the poe ...

(François HaverSchmidt) *

Ester Naomi Perquin Ester Naomi Perquin (born 16 January 1980) is a Dutch poet. She was born in Utrecht and grew up in Zierikzee. Perquin worked in the prison service to pay for her studies at the school of creative writing in Amsterdam. She was editor for the liter ...

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born 17 January 1968) is a Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classical scholar. He was born in Rijswijk, Netherlands, and studied, lived and worked in Leiden, and he moved permanently to Genoa, Italy, in 2008. Biogra ...

Hugo Pos Hugo Pos (November 28, 1913 in Paramaribo – November 11, 2000 in Amsterdam) was a Surinamese judge, writer, and poet. Biography Hugo Pos was born in Paramaribo. Raymond was his older brother. In 1925, he left Suriname for the Netherlands to st ...

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* Jean-Pierre Rawie * Albrecht Rodenbach * Astrid Roemer * Hannie Rouweler

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Annie M.G. Schmidt Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt (20 May 1911 – 21 May 1995) was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered o ...

* Anna Maria van Schurman * Johannes Secundus * Shrinivási *

J. Slauerhoff Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (15 September 1898 – 5 October 1936), who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers. Youth Slauerhoff attended HBS (secondary school) in Le ...

Michaël Slory Michaël Arnoldus Slory (4 August 1935 in Totness, Surinam – 19 December 2018 in Paramaribo, Suriname) was a Surinamese poet. He mainly wrote poetry in Sranan Tongo, and is considered one of the most important poets in Sranan Tongo. He also pu ...

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* Albertina Soepboer * Lucienne Stassaert

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Adriaen Valerius Adrianus (Adriaen) Valerius, also known as Adriaen Valerius, (c. 1575 – 1625) was a Dutch poet and composer, known mostly for his poems dealing with peasant and burgher life and those dealing with the Dutch War of Independence, assembled i ...

M. Vasalis M. Vasalis, pseudonym for ''Margaretha (Kiekie) Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans'' (13 February 1909 in The Hague – 16 October 1998 in Roden, Drenthe, Roden) was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. The pseudonym 'Vasalis' is a Latinization of her ...

(Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans) * Martinus Veltman *

André Verbart André Verbart (born 23 January 1960) is a Dutch poet. Early life Verbart was born in 1960 in 's-Heerenhoek. In 1995, he was promoted to doctor for his study of the epic poem An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem ...

* Peter Verhelst * Albert Verwey * Simon Vestdijk *

Simon Vinkenoog Simon Vinkenoog (18 July 1928 – 12 July 2009) was a Dutch poet, spoken word poet and writer. He was the editor of the anthology ''Atonaal'' (Atonal), which launched the Dutch "Fifties Movement". In 2004 he was chosen as Dichter des Vaderland ...

* Eddy van Vliet * Joost van den Vondel *

Ida Vos Ida Vos (maiden name Gudema) (Groningen (city), Groningen, December 13, 1931 – Amstelveen, April 3, 2006) was a Dutch author. She wrote books for adults and children. In most of her books, Vos wrote about her experiences as a Jewish girl during t ...

* Hendrik de Vries * Leo Vroman

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* Willem die Madocke maecte * Elly de Waard * Willem Wilmink *

Ans Wortel Ans (Anna Maria) Wortel (18 October 1929, in Alkmaar, Netherlands4 December 1996, in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands) was a Dutch painter, poet and writer. She made gouaches and oil paintings, aquarelles, drawings, collages, lithographs, etchings, scu ...

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poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...