Hans Faverey
Hans Faverey (1933-1990) was born in Paramaribo, Surinam, but grew up in Amsterdam. He published eight collections of poetry, of which the last one, entitled 'Default', appeared only a few days before he died.
With his pure use of words and meticulous verse, philosophical yet not without humour, he became one of the leading poets who made their debut in the 1960s. He received many literary awards, including the Amsterdam Poetry Prize, the Jan Campert Prize and the Constantijn Huygens Prize. A new, extended edition of his Collected Poems appeared in the Netherlands in 2010.
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The poetry of Hans Faverey
Hans Faverey is currently considered one of the greatest and most influential Dutch poets of the twentieth century. His first two collections, 'Poems' (1968) and 'Poems II' (1972) gained critical acclaim but were seen by some as ‘difficult’ and ‘hermetic’. His third volume, Chrysanthemums, 'Rowers' (1977), met with unanimous praise, and gained the Jan Campert Prize. The poems contained a sense of mystery and paradox, and also became slightly longer, setting a tone and format which he was to retain for the rest of his poetic life.
Against the Forgetting
Hans Faverey is currently considered one of the greatest and most influential Dutch poets of the twentieth century, but his poetic reputation grew slowly.