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]