Albert Verwey

Albert Verwey
painting by Jan Veth , 1885

Albert Verwey (born May 15, 1865 in Amsterdam , † March 8, 1937 in Noordwijk aan Zee ) was a Dutch poet who belonged to the Group of Eighty . As a guest of Stefan George he stayed in Munich in 1898 and was also received by the Cosmikers . His poems are part of literary symbolism .

Stefan George

Verwey's acquaintance with Stefan George lasted from 1895 to 1928. After his death in 1933 he published a book about it: Mijn verhouding tot Stefan George, Herinneringen uit de jaren 1895-1928 (1934). Verwey helped Stefan George z. E.g. in the Dutch translation of some verses that the poet Arnaut / Arnaldo Daniello pronounces in Provencal in Canto 26 of Purgatory in Dante's Divine Comedy . After completing his own Dante translation in 1923, he sent a copy to George; George had been working on a partial translation of the Divine Comedy since 1901 .

Poem 'Stoa' as wall poetry in Leiden
Poem ( Beurs van Berlage , Amsterdam )
Grave in Noordwijk
Bust in Noordwijk

literature

Entry in the Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (Dutch)

Web links

Literature by and about Albert Verwey in the catalog of the German National Library .
DBNL: Albert Verwey : Biography and Bibliography (Dutch).
Project Laurens Jansz. Coster: Albert Verwey (1865-1936) : Selection from the poems.

Commons : Albert Verwey - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ DBNL: Verweij 1865-1937 , Nederlands Letterkundig Museum en Documentatiecentrum, Mededelingen van de Documentatiedienst .
↑ Menno ter Braak: " Stefan George en Albert Verwey: Herinneringen aan een vriendschap - De Dichter en zijn kring ", Het Vaderland , donderdag 29 May 1934, avondblad C.
↑ Stefan George: Dante: The divine comedy: transmissions . All works in 18 volumes, published by the Stefan George Foundation, Volume X / XI. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1988, 2013, p. 182
↑ Stefan George: Dante: The divine comedy: transmissions . All works in 18 volumes, published by the Stefan George Foundation, Volume X / XI. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1988, 2013, p. 144.

personal data
SURNAME	Verwey, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH	March 8, 1937
Place of death	Noordwijk aan Zee

[1] DBNL: Verweij 1865-1937 , Nederlands Letterkundig Museum en Documentatiecentrum, Mededelingen van de Documentatiedienst .

[2] Menno ter Braak: " Stefan George en Albert Verwey: Herinneringen aan een vriendschap - De Dichter en zijn kring ", Het Vaderland , donderdag 29 May 1934, avondblad C.

[3] Stefan George: Dante: The divine comedy: transmissions . All works in 18 volumes, published by the Stefan George Foundation, Volume X / XI. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1988, 2013, p. 182

[4] Stefan George: Dante: The divine comedy: transmissions . All works in 18 volumes, published by the Stefan George Foundation, Volume X / XI. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1988, 2013, p. 144.