Hester Knibbe

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Hester Knibbe (born 6 January 1946) is a Dutch poet. [1]

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

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She was born in Harderwijk. [1] In 1982, Knibbe published her first collection of poetry Tussen gebaren en woorden (Between gestures and words). Her poetry has been included in various literary magazines and anthologies. Her 1994 collection Een hemd van vlees (A shirt of flesh) was nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize. In 2000, her 1999 book Antidood (Anti-death) was awarded the Herman Gorter Prize  [ nl ]. In 2001, she received the Anna Blaman Prijs and, in 2009, the A. Roland Holst Prize  [ nl ]. [2] The 2014 collection Archaïsch de dieren (Archaic the animals) received the VSB Poetry Prize. Knibbe served as the poet laureate for the city of Rotterdam. [3]

Harderwijk Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Harderwijk is a municipality and city almost at the exact geographical centre of the Netherlands.

The VSB Poetry Prize is the most important Dutch language poetry prize.

Anna Blaman Prijs Dutch literary award

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Selected works [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hester Knibbe" (in Dutch). Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren.
  2. 1 2 "Hester Knibbe". Jacket 40. 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Hester Knibbe". Poetry International Rotterdam.
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