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Martinus Nijhoff (20 April 1894, in 
Some of his best-known works include ('The U Hour', 1936) and the long poem (1934). A number of individual sonnets also rose to fame, particularly ('The Mother the Woman') commemorating the opening of a bridge over the river
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Biography Martinus Nijhoff
(W.A. Ornée, 'Nijhoff, Martinus (1894–1953)', in ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland'' iographical Dictionary of The Netherlands 13-03-2008) 1894 births 1953 deaths Dutch male poets Writers from The Hague Constantijn Huygens Prize winners 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers {{Netherlands-poet-stub
The Hague
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– 26 January 1953, in The Hague) was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam
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and law in Utrecht
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. His debut was in 1916 with his volume ''De wandelaar'' ('The Wanderer'). He then gradually expanded his reputation by his unique style of poetry: not experimental, like Paul van Ostaijen, yet distinguished by the clarity of his language combined with mystical content. He was a literary craftsman who employed skillfully various verse forms from different literary periods.
Some of his best-known works include ('The U Hour', 1936) and the long poem (1934). A number of individual sonnets also rose to fame, particularly ('The Mother the Woman') commemorating the opening of a bridge over the river Waal
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near Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel (), also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.
History
The city of Zaltbommel
The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received ...
. Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist. Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union, Brodsky ran afoul of Soviet authorities and was expelled ("strongly ...
considered the poem one of the grandest poems of the 20th century.
Nijhoff was awarded Constantijn Huygens Prize posthumously in 1953. In 1969, the new road bridge at Zaltbommel, that replaced the one in his poem, was named the "Martinus Nijhoff Bridge".
See also
* Heer Halewijn *Notes
External links
* *File Martinus Nijhoff in the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
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Biography Martinus Nijhoff
(W.A. Ornée, 'Nijhoff, Martinus (1894–1953)', in ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland'' iographical Dictionary of The Netherlands 13-03-2008) 1894 births 1953 deaths Dutch male poets Writers from The Hague Constantijn Huygens Prize winners 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch male writers {{Netherlands-poet-stub