Gerrit Komrij

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Dutch Journalist Gerrit Komrij was born Gerrit Jan Komrij on 30th March, 1944 in Winterswijk, Netherlands and passed away on 5th Jul 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands aged 68. He is most remembered for Maatstaf. His zodiac sign is Aries.

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First Name	Gerrit
Last Name	Komrij
Full Name at Birth	Gerrit Jan Komrij
Birthday	30th March, 1944
Birthplace	Winterswijk, Netherlands
Died	5th July, 2012
Place of Death	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Build	Average
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation Text	Poet, novelist, translator, literary critic, playwright
Occupation	Journalist
Claim to Fame	Maatstaf
Official Websites	http://www.komrij.blogspot.com/

Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his contemporaries. He acquired a reputation for his prose in the late 1970s, writing acerbic essays and columns often critical of writers, television programs, and politicians. As a literary critic and especially as an anthologist he had a formative influence on Dutch literature: his 1979 anthology of Dutch poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries reformed the canon, and was followed by anthologies of Dutch poetry of the 17th and 18th centuries, of Afrikaans poetry, and of children's poetry. Those anthologies and a steady stream of prose and poetry publications solidified his reputation as one of the country's leading writers and critics; he was awarded the highest literary awards including the P. C. Hooft Award (1993), and from 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands (Poet Laureate). Komrij died in 2012 at age 68.

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