Elly de Waard explained

Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.^[1]

She was born in Bergen^[1] and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam.^[2] From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant and the Dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland. She also served on a jury which awarded the Dutch Edison music awards in 1972.^[3] In 1978, de Waard published her first book of poems Afstand (Distance). She was a founding member of the Anna Bijns Foundation, which awards a prize to a Dutch female writer. She had a leading role in the group of women poets known as De Nieuwe Wilden (The New Savages).^[4]

Selected works

• Luwte (Shelter) (1979)
• Furie (Fury) (1981)
• Strofen (1983)
• Anna Bijns (1985)
• Een wildernis van verbindingen (1986)
• Sara (1987)
• Onvoltooiing (1988)
• Eenzang (1992)
• Eenzang twee (1993)
• Het zij (Or she) (1995)
• Anderling (1998)
• Zestig (2000)^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elly de Waard . digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren. nl.
2. Book: International Who's Who in Poetry 2005 . 407 . Europa Publications . 2004 . Taylor & Francis . 185743269X.
3. Book: Billboard . 49 . December 16, 1972.
4. Book: Meijer, Maaike . Dutch and Flemish Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology . 185 . Eijsker, Erica . Peypers, Ankie . Prins, Yopie . 1998 . Feminist Press at CUNY . 1558611525.