Elly de Waard

Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.[1]

Elly de Waard (photo by Ben Kleyn)

She was born in Bergen[1] and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam.[2] From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant and the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland.[3] She also served on a jury which awarded the Dutch Edison music awards in 1972.[4] 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).[3]

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)[1]
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References
  1. "Elly de Waard" (in Dutch). digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren.
  2. Europa Publications (2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. p. 407. ISBN 185743269X.
  3. Meijer, Maaike; Eijsker, Erica; Peypers, Ankie; Prins, Yopie (1998). Dutch and Flemish Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology. p. 185. ISBN 1558611525.
  4. Billboard. December 16, 1972. p. 49.


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