Albertina Soepboer Explained

Albertina Soepboer (born December 3, 1969) is a Dutch writer writing in both Frisian and Dutch.^[1]

She was born in Holwerd and studied Romance languages and cultures and then Frisian literature in Groningen. Soepboer has written plays for the Theater De Citadel in Groningen.^[2]

Soepboer was a finalist for the in 1996, 1997 and 1998 for her poetry and received the prize in 2003 for the story Dy griene neisimmer.^[3]

Selected works

• It nachtlân/Het nachtland (The Night Country), poetry in West Frisian (1998)
• De stobbewylch (The Pollard Willow), poetry in West Frisian (2000)
• De fjoerbidders (The Fire Worshippers), poetry (2003)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Albertina Soepboer . Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren . nl.
2. Web site: Albertina Soepboer . Poetry International Rotterdam . 2015-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929063959/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/3996/6/Albertina-Soepboer . 2015-09-29 . dead .
3. Web site: Rely Jorritsma-priisfraach . Literaire prijzen . Letterkundig Museum . nl . 2015-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929001657/http://www.letterkundigmuseum.nl/Literair-centrum/Literaire-prijzen/AwardID/216/AwardName/Rely%20Jorritsma-priisfraach%202003/Mode/ViewAwardYears . 2015-09-29 . dead .