Birth Name:

Gerrit Jan Komrij

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Mar 30, 1944

Time of Birth:

12:00 PM

Place of Birth:

Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands

Age:

80

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Ari

37'

Moon

27°

Gem

23'

Asc

26°

Can

33'

MC

29°

Pis

23'

About Gerrit Komrij

Gerrit Jan Komrij (30 March 1944 – 5 July 2012) 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. He acquired a reputation for his prose in the late 1970s, writing acerbic essays and columns often critical of writers, television programs, and politicians. As a literary critic and especially as an anthologist he had a formative influence on Dutch literature: his 1979 anthology of Dutch poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries reformed the canon, and was followed by anthologies of Dutch poetry of the 17th and 18th centuries, of Afrikaans poetry, and of children's poetry. Those anthologies and a steady stream of prose and poetry publications solidified his reputation as one of the country's leading writers and critics; he was awarded the highest literary awards including the P. C. Hooft Award (1993), and from 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands (Poet Laureate). Komrij died in 2012 at age 68.

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External Links:

• Lucifer in het hooi ('Lucifer in Hay') - Weblog Gerrit Komrij

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Gerrit Komrij: Sun 9 Aries, Moon 27 Gemini, Mercury 22 Aries, Venus 16 Pisces, Mars 1 Cancer, Jupiter 17 Leo, Saturn 21 Gemini, Uranus 5 Gemini, Neptune 2 Libra, Pluto 6 Leo, Asc 26 Cancer, Mc 29 Pisces, Sun Sextile Uranus, Sun Trine Pluto, Moon Conjunct Mars, Moon Square Midheaven, Mercury Square Ascendant, Moon Conjunct Saturn, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Moon Semi Sextile Ascendant, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Venus Quincunx Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Mars Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Square Neptune, Mars Square Midheaven, Jupiter Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto, Neptune Opposition Midheaven, Ascendant Trine Midheaven

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