Judith Herzberg | |
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![]() Judith Herzberg (1988) | |
Born | Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg November 4, 1934 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright, screenwriter |
Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.
Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg. [1] During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 Herzberg lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel. [1] She mainly writes poems and plays, and also works on films. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland . Two years later, she published her first poetry collection, Zeepost. [2] She also wrote the plays Leedvermaak , Charlotte and Rijgdraad , which were made into films by Frans Weisz. Charlotte is about the painter Charlotte Salomon who was murdered in Auschwitz. [3] In 1997 Herzberg received the P. C. Hooft Award for her entire oeuvre. [2]