Poetic Obituaries: [Gerrit] Komrij, who divided his time between homes

in the Netherlands and Portugal, was a novelist, critic, columnist, playright and poet and won numerous prizes for his works. From 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands or Poet Laureate.

from DutchNews.nl: Writer Gerrit Komrij dies after a long illness

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