Simon Vinkenoog (18 July 1928 – 12 July 2009) was a Dutch poet,
spoken word poet and writer. He was the editor of the
anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...
''Atonaal'' (Atonal), which launched the Dutch "Fifties Movement".
In 2004 he was chosen as
Dichter des Vaderlands, or "Poet Laureate", for the Netherlands. On 11 July 2009 Vinkenoog was admitted to an
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
hospital after suffering a seizure. He died the following day.
Bibliography
* 1950 – ''Wondkoorts'' – poems
* 1951 – ''Atonaal'' – anthology (editor)
* 1954 – ''Zo lang te water, een alibi'' – novel
* 1962 – ''Hoogseizoen'' – novel
* 1965 – ''Liefde'' – novel
* 1968 – ''How to Enjoy Reality'' – pamphlet, included in International Times. With Jean-Paul Vroom
* 1976 – ''Mij best'' – novel
* 1978 – ''Het huiswerk van de dichter'' – poems
* 1979 – ''(1972-1978) Bestaan en begaan''
* 1980 – ''Jack Kerouac in Amsterdam''
* 1980 – ''Moeder Gras''
* 1981 – ''Poolshoogte/Approximations''
* 1982 – ''Voeten in de aarde en bergen verzetten'' – poems
* 1986 – ''Stadsnatuur, dagboeknotities''
* 1986 – ''Coito ergo Sum: samenspraak der eenwording''
* 1986 – ''O boze droom''
* 1987 – ''Leven en dood van Marcel Polak'' – biography
* 1987 – ''Heren zeventien, proeve van waarneming''
* 1988 – ''Op het eerste gehoor'' – poems
* 1993 – ''Louter genieten'' – poems
* 1996 – ''Het hoogste woord: De stem van Simon Vinkenoog''
* 1998 – ''Vreugdevuur'' – poems
* 1998 – ''Herem 'n tijd'' – collected articles
* 2000 – ''De ware Adam'' – poems
* 2001 – ''Me and my peepee '' (translation of poems by
Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of th ...
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See also
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International Poetry Incarnation
The International Poetry Incarnation was an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 11 June 1965.
Background
In May 1965, Allen Ginsberg arrived at Better Books, an independent bookstore in London's Charing Cross Road, and offered to read a ...
References
External links
Webstek Simon VinkenoogNL Planet Blog – obit Simon VinkenoogSimon Vinkenoog te gast bij Barend en van Dorp
20th-century Dutch poets
21st-century Dutch poets
Dutch poets laureate
Dutch male poets
Dutch spoken word poets
20th-century Dutch male writers
Writers from Amsterdam
1928 births
2009 deaths
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