About Elly de Waard
Born 1940. Elly de Waard is a Dutch poet, translator and writer.
Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.
She was born in Bergen From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant and the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland. In 1978, de Waard published her first book of poems Afstand (Distance). She was a founding member of the Anna Bijns Foundation, which awards a prize to a Dutch female writer. She had a leading role in the group of women poets known as De Nieuwe Wilden (The New Savages).
Selected works Luwte (Shelter) (1979) Furie (Fury) (1981) Strofen (1983) Anna Bijns (1985) Een wildernis van verbindingen (1986) Sara (1987) Onvoltooiing (1988) Eenzang (1992) Eenzang twee (1993) Het zij (Or she) (1995) Anderling (1998) Zestig (2000)
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Who is Elly de Waard?
Dutch poet
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Elly de Waard was born on 8 September 1940 in Bergen.
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Elly de Waard is a poet, translator and writer.
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Elly de Waard is Dutch.
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