About Lloyd Haft
Born 1946. Lloyd Haft is a Dutch poet, translator, sinologist, university teacher and biographer.
Lloyd Haft (born November 9, 1946, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA) is an American-born Dutch poet, translator, and sinologist. He has been living in the Netherlands since 1968. Haft was educated at Harvard College and Leiden University. His translations into Dutch include works by Wallace Stevens and Hart Crane. He has translated Herman Gorter, Gerrit Kouwenaar, H. H. ter Balkt, Anton Ent, Bian Zhilin, Zhou Mengdie, Yang Lingye, and Lo Fu into English.
Awards Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs for De Psalmen (2004) Jan Campert Prize for Atlantis (1994)
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poet and translator
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Lloyd Haft was born on 9 November 1946 in Wisconsin.
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