Simon Heere Heeresma (9 March 1932 – 26 June 2011) was a

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and poet. Simon Heere Heeresma was born in Amsterdam in 1932. His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called ''Children's Room'', but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation. Especially well received was his publication ''Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating'' of 1973. ''A Day at the Beach'' (1962) was made into a movie twice: first in 1970 by

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A Day at the Beach ''A Day at the Beach'' is a 1970 British film based on the 1962 book ''Een dagje naar het strand'' by Dutch author Heere Heeresma. The screenplay was written by Roman Polanski, who was originally intended to be the director, although most of ...

'') and in 1984 by Dutch cineast Theo van Gogh. Heeresma died in Laren in 2011, aged 79. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.Nederlandsepoezie.org
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Bibliography

*''Children's Room'' (1954) *''A Day at the Beach'' (1962) *''The Fish'' (1963) *''Jewels of Water Paint'' (1965) *''The corruption of the Swieps'' (1967) *''Pass me the mug, Jet!'' (1968) *''Hip hip hip for the Antichrist'' (1969) *''At Last in Dublin'' (1969) *''Han de Wit goes into Development Aid'' (1972) *''Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating'' (1973) *''Once and Never Again...'' (1979) *''A Hot Ice Salon'' (1982) *''Happy Couples'' (1984) *''Shaved Shame'' (1987) *''Totally Heeresma'' (1997)

Publications

*''These verses and poems, that poetry too'' (1974) *''Totally Heeresma'' (1978) *''Autobiographical'' (1983)

References

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* 1932 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers Dutch people of Frisian descent Dutch male poets Frisian writers Writers from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-writer-stub