Jan Jacob Slauerhoff

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Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (pseudonym John Ravenswood; born September 15, 1898 in Leeuwarden , Netherlands , † October 5, 1936 in Hilversum ) was a Dutch writer.

Life

Slauerhoff studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam and worked as a ship's doctor from 1923 . He made numerous trips to the east and west Indian islands, to China and Africa. He was close to the French Poète maudits . Slauerhoff published his first works in the magazines De Vrije Bladen and Forum and developed into one of the most important Dutch poets after the First World War.

Works (selection)

  • Archipelago (1923)
  • Clair Obscur (1927)
  • Oost-Azië (1928, as John Ravenswood)
    • Foam and ash. Stories. Translated by Jürgen Sternsdorff. Vertaal & Verlaat, Marburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86840-000-7 .
  • Het verboden rijk (1932)
  • Het leven op aarde (1934)
  • De opstand van Guadalajara (1937)
  • Slauerhoff. Desperado te land en ter zee = Desperado on water and on land. Vijftien poems. Met the adaptation of Hans van der Veen. Vincit Laboratory, Leiden 2015.

output

  • Verzamelde werken (ed. K. Lekkerker) (1941–1958, 8 volumes)

The Portuguese fado singer Cristina Branco dedicated an entire album ( O Descobridor ) to his work in 2000 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reinder P. Meijer: Literature of the Low Countries. A short history of Dutch literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. Twayne, New York 1971, pp. 322-326.
  2. ↑ Review: Norbert Wehr : On the failure of an uprising. Jan Jacob Slauerhoff's last novel In: Writing book ( PDF ).
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personal data
SURNAME Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ravenswood, John (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeuwarden , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1936
Place of death Hilversum