Gerrit Jan Komrij was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s, writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his contemporaries. Wikipedia
Born: March 30, 1944, Winterswijk, Netherlands
Died: July 5, 2012 (age 68 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awards: P. C. Hooft Award and Golden Owl - Non-fiction