Judith Herzberg Explained

Judith Herzberg
Birth Name:	Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg
Birth Date:	November 4, 1934
Birth Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation:	Poet, playwright, screenwriter
Nationality:	Dutch

Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.

Life and work

Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg.^[1] During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 Herzberg lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel.^[1] She mainly writes poems and plays, and also works on films. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland. Two years later, she published her first poetry collection, Zeepost. She also wrote the plays Leedvermaak, Charlotte and Rijgdraad, which were made into films by Frans Weisz. Charlotte is about the painter Charlotte Salomon who was murdered in Auschwitz.^[2] In 1997 Herzberg received the P. C. Hooft Award for her entire oeuvre.

Awards

• 1980 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay^[3]
• 1981 Jan Campert Prize for Botshol^[1]
• 1988 Charlotte Köhler-prijs voor Literatuur for Leedvermaak^[1]
• 1988 Cestoda-prijs^[4]
• 1989 Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs for Kras^[1]
• 1994 Constantijn Huygens Prize^[1]
• 1997 P. C. Hooft Award^[5]

Works

• 1963 – Zeepost (poetry)
• 1968 – Beemdgras (poetry)
• 1970 – Vliegen (poetry)
• 1971 – Strijklicht (poetry)
• 1971 – 27 liefdesliedjes (poetry)
• 1974 – Dat het 's ochtends ochtend wordt. De deur stond open. Twee dramastukken (drama)
• 1977 – Het maken van gedichten en het praten daarover (essay)
• 1980 – Botshol (poetry)
• 1981 – Charlotte. diary bij een film (diary)
• 1982 – Leedvermaak (drama)
• 1983 – De val van Icarus (poetry) Deels eerder verschenen in Botshol
• 1984 – Dagrest (poetry)
• 1984 – Twintig gedichten (poetry)
• 1985 – En/of (drama)
• 1986 – Merg (drama)
• 1986 – De kleine zeemeermin (drama)
• 1987 – Zoals (poetry)
• 1988 – Tussen Amsterdam en Tel Aviv (articles and letters)
• 1988 – De Caracal. Een monoloog (drama)
• 1989 – Kras (drama)
• 1991 – Een goed hoofd (drama)
• 1991 – Teksten voor drama en film. 1972–1988
• 1992 – Zoals (poetry) Bevat onder meer de 12 gedichten uit Zoals uit 1987
• 1994 – Doen en laten. Een keuze uit de gedichten (poetry)
• 1995 – Rijgdraad (drama)
• 1996 – Brief aan wie niet hier is. Tussen Jeruzalem en Amsterdam (reisverslag)
• 1996 – Wat zij wilde schilderen (poetry)
• 1997 – De Nietsfabriek (drama)
• 1998 – Een golem (play)
• 1998 – Landschap (poems)
• 1999 – Bijvangst (poems)
• 2000 – Lieve Arthur (drama)
• 2004 – Soms vaak (poetry)
• 2004 – Thuisreis (drama)

External links

• Judith Herzberg at Poetry International
• Judith Herzberg at Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I). Digital Library for Dutch Literature. 2013. 10 June 2020. nl.
2. Web site: De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs. Digital Library for Dutch Literature . 1985. 10 June 2020. nl.
3. Web site: Web.archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20080819211539/http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf. dead. 2008-08-19.
4. Web site: Cestoda-prijs. Theater Encyclopedie. 10 June 2020. nl.
5. Web site: Judith Herzberg. Poetry International. 10 June 2020.