Pierre Kemp

picture info	Pierre Kemp Pierre Kemp (1 December 1886 – 21 July 1967) was a Dutch poet and painter, the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1956 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1958. His younger brother was the writer Mathias Kemp. Kemp was born in Maastricht and died there in 1967. In Limburg, the county where he was born, people made fun of his surname; in several dialects of Dutch and the regional Limburgian language, 'kemp' (as and general Dutch ) is the colloquial term for marijuana. Works * 1914 - ''Het wondere lied'' * 1916 - ''De bruid der onbekende zee en andere gedichten'' * 1925 - ''Limburgs Sagenboek'' * 1928 - ''Carmina Matrimonalia'' * 1934 - ''Stabielen en passanten'' * 1935 - ''Zuster Beatrijs'''Zuster Beatrijs' together with 'Bokken Tinus' by Mr. H. J. L. Lamberts Hurrelbrinck was published in 1935 by Het Poirtersfonds at Eindhoven, the mutual cover being titled 'Twee bloemen van Limburg's bodem' ''(Two flowers of Limburgian ground)''. * 1938 - ''Fugitieven en constant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1940 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1940. Events January – The English literary magazine ''Horizon'' first appears in London, with Cyril Connolly, Peter Watson and Stephen Spender contributing. February – The Canadian writer Robertson Davies leaves the Old Vic repertory company in the U.K. * March 11 – Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck and six others leave Monterey for the Gulf of California on a marine invertebrate collecting expedition. April – Máirtín Ó Cadhain is interned by the Irish government at Curragh Camp, as a member of the Irish Republican Army. May 14 – The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the surrender of the main Dutch forces to Nazi German invaders. This evening, the gay Dutch Jewish writer Jacob Hiegentlich takes poison, dying four days later aged 33. June 5 – The English novelist J. B. Priestley broadcasts his first Sunday evening radio ''Postscript'', "An excursion to hell", on the BBC H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1967 Deaths Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, '' A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1886 Births Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Digital Library For Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, secondary literature and additional information, like biographies, portrayals etcetera, and hyperlinks. The DBNL is an initiative by the DBNL foundation that was founded in 1999 by the Society of Dutch Literature (Dutch: Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde). Building of the DNBL was made possible by donations, among others, from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek or NWO) and the Nederlandse Taalunie. From 2008 to 2012, the editor was René van Stipriaan. The work is done by eight people in Leiden (as of 2013: The Hague), 20 students, and 50 people in the Philippines who scan and type the texts. As of 2020, the library is being maintained by a collaboration of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1976 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976. Events January – The first Kolkata Book Fair opens in India. June 21 – The Market Theatre (Johannesburg) is opened as a multiracial venue by Barney Simon. * September 3 – Novelist Antonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under the National Reorganization Process (military dictatorship) in Argentina. * September 9 – The Royal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the leading roles, directed by Trevor Nunn. * October 25 – The Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank opens in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, with a performance of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy ''Il Campiello''. Its Lyttleton Theatre first previews on 8 March, followed on 16 March by a performance of Shakespeare's '' Hamlet'' by Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1965 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1965. Events February 10 – Soviet fiction writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writings. February 20 – While Soviet author and translator Valery Tarsis is abroad, the Soviet Union negates his citizenship. March 26 – Harold Pinter's play ''The Homecoming'' receives its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff, from the Royal Shakespeare Company under Peter Hall. Its London première follows on June 3 at the Aldwych Theatre, with Vivien Merchant, Pinter's wife at this time, appearing. It also appears in print this year. May 26 – The world première of '' A High Wind in Jamaica'', a film from Richard Hughes's 1929 novel, featuring the future novelist Martin Amis, son of Kingsley Amis, as a teenage actor. June 11 – International Poetry Incarnation, a performance poetry event, takes place at London's Royal Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1961 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1961. Events January 24 – The American dramatist Arthur Miller and the film star Marilyn Monroe are granted a divorce in Mexico on grounds of incompatibility. February – Sylvia Plath suffers a miscarriage. Several of her poems, including "Parliament Hill Fields", address the event. March 15 – Hugh Wheeler's comedy '' Big Fish, Little Fish'' opens at the ANTA Theater in New York City, directed by Sir John Gielgud. It is one of the early Broadway plays to explore frankly the issue of male homosexuality. March 20 – The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, becomes the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and its company the Royal Shakespeare Company, with Peter Hall as director. May – Grove Press publishes Henry Miller's ''Tropic of Cancer'' in the United States 27 years after its original publication in France. The book leads to one of many obscenity trials (Grove Press, Inc., v. Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1960 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1960. – Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting in the ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' case Events February–October – ''Astounding'' magazine is renamed ''Analog''. Spring – August Derleth launches the poetry magazine, ''Hawk and Whippoorwill'' in the United States. March 22 – Joan Henry's play '' Look on Tempests'' is premièred at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End, as the first play dealing openly with homosexuality to be passed for performance by the Lord Chamberlain in Britain. April 27 – Harold Pinter's play ''The Caretaker'' is premièred at the Arts Theatre Club in London's West End, transferring to the Duchess Theatre the following month, where it runs for 444 performances before departing from London for Broadway, Pinter's first significant commercial success. Alan Bates and Donald Pleasence star in the original production. July 11 – Harper Lee's Southern Gothic ''Bildungsro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1959 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1959. Events January 31 – Sandu Tudor begins a 40-year sentence at Jilava prison for "conspiracy against social order" and "intense activity against the working class", as meted out by a Romanian communist tribunal. He will die in 1962 at Aiud prison, possibly from torture. April 30 – Bertolt Brecht's ''Saint Joan of the Stockyards'' receives its stage première. It was originally performed on radio in 1932. May 7 – Scientist and novelist C. P. Snow delivers in the Senate House, University of Cambridge a Rede Lecture on '' The Two Cultures'', to do with a perceived breakdown of communication between the sciences and humanities. It is later published as ''The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution''. May 28 – The Mermaid Theatre opens in the City of London. July 21 – D. H. Lawrence's ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is one of three books whose bans are overturned in court with assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1958 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1958. Events * January 7 – Tennessee Williams' one-act plays ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' and '' Something Unspoken'' are premièred off-Broadway. January 13 – In '' One, Inc. v. Olesen'', the Supreme Court of the United States affirms that homosexual writing is not as such obscene. March 29 – The stage première of Max Frisch's dark comedy ''Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' (known in English as '' The Fire Raisers'') takes place at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. April 28 – The première of Harold Pinter's play '' The Birthday Party'' is held at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in England, with Richard Pearson playing the lead as Stanley. May 19 – The London début of the production of Pinter's ''The Birthday Party'', starring Richard Pearson, takes place at the Lyric Opera House (Hammersmith). It closes after a week, but its reputation is saved by a review by Harold Hobson in ''The Sunday Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1956 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1956. Events c. January – The first book in Ed McBain's long-running 87th Precinct police procedural series, '' Cop Hater'', is published in the United States under Evan Hunter's new pseudonym. February 2 – Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' (completed in 1942) receives a posthumous world première at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, in Swedish (''Lång dags färd mot natt''), directed by Bengt Ekerot and starring Lars Hanson. Its Broadway debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre on November 7 follows an American première at the Shubert Theatre (New Haven). February 25 – The English poet Ted Hughes and American poet Sylvia Plath meet in Cambridge, England. March 11 – The U.S. release of Sir Laurence Olivier's film version of Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' plays simultaneously on NBC network television and as afternoon matinée screenings in movie t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

picture info	Pierre Kemp Pierre Kemp (1 December 1886 – 21 July 1967) was a Dutch poet and painter, the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1956 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1958. His younger brother was the writer Mathias Kemp. Kemp was born in Maastricht and died there in 1967. In Limburg, the county where he was born, people made fun of his surname; in several dialects of Dutch and the regional Limburgian language, 'kemp' (as and general Dutch ) is the colloquial term for marijuana. Works * 1914 - ''Het wondere lied'' * 1916 - ''De bruid der onbekende zee en andere gedichten'' * 1925 - ''Limburgs Sagenboek'' * 1928 - ''Carmina Matrimonalia'' * 1934 - ''Stabielen en passanten'' * 1935 - ''Zuster Beatrijs'''Zuster Beatrijs' together with 'Bokken Tinus' by Mr. H. J. L. Lamberts Hurrelbrinck was published in 1935 by Het Poirtersfonds at Eindhoven, the mutual cover being titled 'Twee bloemen van Limburg's bodem' ''(Two flowers of Limburgian ground)''. * 1938 - ''Fugitieven en constant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1940 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1940. Events January – The English literary magazine ''Horizon'' first appears in London, with Cyril Connolly, Peter Watson and Stephen Spender contributing. February – The Canadian writer Robertson Davies leaves the Old Vic repertory company in the U.K. * March 11 – Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck and six others leave Monterey for the Gulf of California on a marine invertebrate collecting expedition. April – Máirtín Ó Cadhain is interned by the Irish government at Curragh Camp, as a member of the Irish Republican Army. May 14 – The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the surrender of the main Dutch forces to Nazi German invaders. This evening, the gay Dutch Jewish writer Jacob Hiegentlich takes poison, dying four days later aged 33. June 5 – The English novelist J. B. Priestley broadcasts his first Sunday evening radio ''Postscript'', "An excursion to hell", on the BBC H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1967 Deaths Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones). Charlie Chaplin launches his last film, '' A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK. * January 6 – Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch ''Operation Deckhouse Five'' in the Mekong Delta. * January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. * January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. * January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love. * January 15 Louis Leakey announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in Kenya; he names the species ''Proconsul nyanzae, Kenyapithecus africanus''. American football: The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1886 Births Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Digital Library For Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, secondary literature and additional information, like biographies, portrayals etcetera, and hyperlinks. The DBNL is an initiative by the DBNL foundation that was founded in 1999 by the Society of Dutch Literature (Dutch: Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde). Building of the DNBL was made possible by donations, among others, from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (Dutch: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek or NWO) and the Nederlandse Taalunie. From 2008 to 2012, the editor was René van Stipriaan. The work is done by eight people in Leiden (as of 2013: The Hague), 20 students, and 50 people in the Philippines who scan and type the texts. As of 2020, the library is being maintained by a collaboration of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1976 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976. Events January – The first Kolkata Book Fair opens in India. June 21 – The Market Theatre (Johannesburg) is opened as a multiracial venue by Barney Simon. * September 3 – Novelist Antonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under the National Reorganization Process (military dictatorship) in Argentina. * September 9 – The Royal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the leading roles, directed by Trevor Nunn. * October 25 – The Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank opens in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, with a performance of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy ''Il Campiello''. Its Lyttleton Theatre first previews on 8 March, followed on 16 March by a performance of Shakespeare's '' Hamlet'' by Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1965 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1965. Events February 10 – Soviet fiction writers Yuli Daniel and Andrei Sinyavsky are sentenced to five and seven years, respectively, for "anti-Soviet" writings. February 20 – While Soviet author and translator Valery Tarsis is abroad, the Soviet Union negates his citizenship. March 26 – Harold Pinter's play ''The Homecoming'' receives its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff, from the Royal Shakespeare Company under Peter Hall. Its London première follows on June 3 at the Aldwych Theatre, with Vivien Merchant, Pinter's wife at this time, appearing. It also appears in print this year. May 26 – The world première of '' A High Wind in Jamaica'', a film from Richard Hughes's 1929 novel, featuring the future novelist Martin Amis, son of Kingsley Amis, as a teenage actor. June 11 – International Poetry Incarnation, a performance poetry event, takes place at London's Royal Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1961 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1961. Events January 24 – The American dramatist Arthur Miller and the film star Marilyn Monroe are granted a divorce in Mexico on grounds of incompatibility. February – Sylvia Plath suffers a miscarriage. Several of her poems, including "Parliament Hill Fields", address the event. March 15 – Hugh Wheeler's comedy '' Big Fish, Little Fish'' opens at the ANTA Theater in New York City, directed by Sir John Gielgud. It is one of the early Broadway plays to explore frankly the issue of male homosexuality. March 20 – The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, becomes the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and its company the Royal Shakespeare Company, with Peter Hall as director. May – Grove Press publishes Henry Miller's ''Tropic of Cancer'' in the United States 27 years after its original publication in France. The book leads to one of many obscenity trials (Grove Press, Inc., v. Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1960 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1960. – Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting in the ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' case Events February–October – ''Astounding'' magazine is renamed ''Analog''. Spring – August Derleth launches the poetry magazine, ''Hawk and Whippoorwill'' in the United States. March 22 – Joan Henry's play '' Look on Tempests'' is premièred at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End, as the first play dealing openly with homosexuality to be passed for performance by the Lord Chamberlain in Britain. April 27 – Harold Pinter's play ''The Caretaker'' is premièred at the Arts Theatre Club in London's West End, transferring to the Duchess Theatre the following month, where it runs for 444 performances before departing from London for Broadway, Pinter's first significant commercial success. Alan Bates and Donald Pleasence star in the original production. July 11 – Harper Lee's Southern Gothic ''Bildungsro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1959 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1959. Events January 31 – Sandu Tudor begins a 40-year sentence at Jilava prison for "conspiracy against social order" and "intense activity against the working class", as meted out by a Romanian communist tribunal. He will die in 1962 at Aiud prison, possibly from torture. April 30 – Bertolt Brecht's ''Saint Joan of the Stockyards'' receives its stage première. It was originally performed on radio in 1932. May 7 – Scientist and novelist C. P. Snow delivers in the Senate House, University of Cambridge a Rede Lecture on '' The Two Cultures'', to do with a perceived breakdown of communication between the sciences and humanities. It is later published as ''The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution''. May 28 – The Mermaid Theatre opens in the City of London. July 21 – D. H. Lawrence's ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is one of three books whose bans are overturned in court with assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1958 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1958. Events * January 7 – Tennessee Williams' one-act plays ''Suddenly, Last Summer'' and '' Something Unspoken'' are premièred off-Broadway. January 13 – In '' One, Inc. v. Olesen'', the Supreme Court of the United States affirms that homosexual writing is not as such obscene. March 29 – The stage première of Max Frisch's dark comedy ''Biedermann und die Brandstifter'' (known in English as '' The Fire Raisers'') takes place at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. April 28 – The première of Harold Pinter's play '' The Birthday Party'' is held at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in England, with Richard Pearson playing the lead as Stanley. May 19 – The London début of the production of Pinter's ''The Birthday Party'', starring Richard Pearson, takes place at the Lyric Opera House (Hammersmith). It closes after a week, but its reputation is saved by a review by Harold Hobson in ''The Sunday Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1956 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1956. Events c. January – The first book in Ed McBain's long-running 87th Precinct police procedural series, '' Cop Hater'', is published in the United States under Evan Hunter's new pseudonym. February 2 – Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' (completed in 1942) receives a posthumous world première at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, in Swedish (''Lång dags färd mot natt''), directed by Bengt Ekerot and starring Lars Hanson. Its Broadway debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre on November 7 follows an American première at the Shubert Theatre (New Haven). February 25 – The English poet Ted Hughes and American poet Sylvia Plath meet in Cambridge, England. March 11 – The U.S. release of Sir Laurence Olivier's film version of Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' plays simultaneously on NBC network television and as afternoon matinée screenings in movie t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]