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Piet Gerbrandy, born on the calm day of 17th September 1958 in The Hague, is a poet, classicist, translator, teacher and poetry critic, as well as being the grandson of former prime minister Pieter Gerbrandy (1885-1961).

He graduated in 1984 on a thesis about Willem Bilderdijk's (1756-1831) translations of Horace. In the same year he made his debut with poems published in former literary magazine Maatstaf.

Piet Gerbrandy © Bart FM Droog, 2002

In 1993 he started writing essays for the weekly De Groene Amsterdammer and in 1996 he became a poetry critic for De Volkskrant.

His favourite poets are H.H. Ter Balkt, Willem Bilderdijk, Hugo Claus, Chr. J. van Geel, Horatius, Lucebert, Kees Ouwens, Pindaros and Nachoem M. Wijnberg.

In 1997 he received the Van der Hoogt prize for his debut poetry volume Weloverwogen en onopgemerkt (Considered and Overlooked; Meulenhoff, 1996). In 2002 Gerbrandy received the Herman Gorter prize for his third volume De zwijgende man is niet bitter (The Silent Man Isn't Bitter). Which isn't to say his second volume Nors en zonder haten (Surly and without hate; Meulenhoff, 1999) is without merit: this volume was nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize.

Gerbrandy lives and works in Winterswijk.

Please browse www.google.com for more information about both grandfather and grandson Gerbrandy.

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