Jan Elburg

Joannes Gommert Elburg
Born 30 November 1919
Wemeldinge, Netherlands
Died 13 August 1992 (aged 72)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Other names Jan G. Elburg
Awards Constanijn Huygens Prize 1976

Joannes Gommert Elburg, writing as Jan "the man" G. Elburg (born Wemeldinge, 30 November 1919 – died Amsterdam, 13 August 1992) was a Dutch poet. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1976 Constantijn Huygens Prize.

Bibliography

  • 1943 - Serenade for Lena
  • 1944 - The thistle flower
  • 1947 - Small terror play
  • 1948 - Through the night
  • 1952 - Low Tibet
  • 1956 - The flag of reality
  • 1959 - Have and be
  • 1960 - Trident. Poems 1952-1958
  • 1960 - Chatting
  • 1964 - The thought of my echo
  • 1965 - Streak through the bill
  • 1971 - The quark and the big smurf
  • 1975 - Poems 1950-1975
  • 1981 - Potter's frogs
  • 1982 - Anything from that
  • 1986 - Earlier comes later
  • 1987 - No lords
  • 1988 - At odds with the excuse
  • 1988 - It seems like winter
  • 2004 - The parable of the manatee
  • 2005 - Not for chefs, but for the guests
  • 2006 - The Zevenaar (Poetry experiments 1941-1950)