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Hans Lodeizen
(July 20, 1924 - July 26, 1950) Holland

Hans Lodeizen

Poet

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Johannes August Frederik (Hans) Lodeizen was born in Naarden. He grew up in an educated and well-to-do home environment with many books and a strong French cultural orientation. He began writing poetry at an early age.

After World War II he studied law for a short time at the University of Leiden. He further studied biology at Amherst College, Mass. from 1947 to 1948, but returned to Holland after loosing interest in a career as a specialised biologist. At Amherst he befriended the poet James Merrill.

Till his death, Lodeizen worked, somewhat reluctantly, for his father's company Müller & Co. Shortly after his death, the volume Het innerlijk behang was published in the series the Vrije Bladen. The poems in this publication were selected by the author before his death.

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Books:

  • Het innerlijk behang (1950)
  • Nagelaten werk (1969)
Biography:
  • Gerard Bles, Hans Lodeizen 1924-1950: Liever liefde dan gedichten
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