Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

. She was born in

Zutphen Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...

and died in

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. In 1928 she and her husband

Carel Scharten Carel Theodorus Scharten (March 14, 1878 – October 31, 1950) was a Dutch novelist and poet. He was born in Middelburg and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 he and his wife Margo Scharten-Antink Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antin ...

won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "De nar uit Maremmen" ("The Fool in

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* 1869 births 1957 deaths Dutch women poets Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions People from Zutphen Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{netherlands-poet-stub