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Harmen Wind

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Carillon in Drachten with poem by Windː Uit aarde zijn wij ...
Artwork in Doesburg with poem about the IJssel by Harmen Wind

Harmen Wind (Leeuwarden, 24 December 1945 – Doesburg, 1 October 2010) was a Dutch poet and writer. Wind grew up in Oldeboorn and lived in Doesburg. As a writer he published both in Dutch and Frisian.

Career

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In 2002, Het verzet was published by De Arbeiderspers.[1]

In 2013, Rekkenskip was published.[2]

On 30 November 2015, Wind's poems, along with Albertina Soepboer, Arjen Hut, Bartle Lavermann, Sannemaj Betten, Wilco Berga, A. de Tollenaar, C. Budding, H.H. ter Balk and Loet Hin, were selected to represent the Frisian literature in Malta.[3]

Prizes

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He won several prizes for his literary work:

  • 1987: Fedde Schurerpriis for Ut ein
  • 2003: Debutantenprijs for Het verzet
  • 2006: Rink van der Veldepriis for It ferset

References

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  1. ^ Het verzet. worldcat.org. 28 December 2002. OCLC 905443621. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Rekkenskipp" [Rekkenskip] (in Dutch). World Literature Today. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Frisian Poems Arrive in Malta". Valletta 2018. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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