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Remco Campert

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Also known as Various

Dutch writer (1929–2022)

Person · Open Library

Born
1929
Works
105

Top works

  • Het paard van Ome Loeks
  • Mijn dood en ik
  • De jongen met het mes, en andere verhalen
  • Een ellendige nietsnut
  • Eendjes voeren

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1929-07-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
122
Total plays
1,045

Remco Campert (1929) was one of the group of Dutch poets known as the Vijftigers or ‘Fifties’ poets. Coming to adulthood under the shadow of the war, they felt the need for a poetry that took nothing for granted, in terms of form or content. Beyond their ties of friendship, what united this rather varied group was their opposition to a literary tradition that in the aftermath of the occupation felt outmoded. Instead they chose for experiment and, in Campert’s case, for a language closer to commo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Wouter
Gender
male
Place of birth
The Hague
Place of death
Amsterdam
Languages spoken
Dutch
Native language
Dutch
Image
RemcoCampert.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Remco Campert
date of birth
1929-06-28
birth name
Remco Wouter Campert
pseudonym
Various
name in native language
Remco Campert
Commons Creator page
Remco Campert
has works in the collection
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
floruit
2020-00-00
date of death
2022-07-04
writing language
Dutch
start of work period
1950-01-01
end of work period
2018-01-01
Sources (15)

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Works in European collections

9 objects attributed to Remco Campert, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana