Bertus Aafjes Explained

Bertus Aafjes
Birth Name:Lambertus Jacobus Johannes Aafjes
Birth Date:12 May 1914
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Venlo, Netherlands
Occupation:Poet
Language:Dutch

Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II.

was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daughters and 1 son. He died in Venlo.

Aafjes wrote a five-book series featuring Japanese samurai Ōoka Tadasuke.[1] His work is marked by his devout Catholicism, but he also scripted the comics Mannetje Bagatel (1946) and Kleine Isar, de Vierde Koning (1962) for Eppo Doeve,[2] as well as Peter-kersen-eter (1943) and De Vrolijke Vaderlandse Geschiedenis (1948) for Piet Worm.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Ho-Ling Wong, Judge Ooka in the East and West, CRIMINALELEMENT.COM
  2. Web site: Eppo Doeve.
  3. Web site: Piet Worm.