*** Welcome to piglix ***

Bertus Aafjes

Bertus Aafjes
Bertus Aafjes.jpg
Born Lambertus Jacobus Johannes Aafjes
(1914-05-12)May 12, 1914
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died April 23, 1993(1993-04-23) (aged 78)
Venlo, Netherlands
Occupation Poet
Language Dutch
Nationality Dutch

Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet whose work is marked by his devout Catholicism.

He wrote a five-book series featuring Japanese samurai Ōoka Tadasuke.

Aafjes was born in Amsterdam. He wrote poems on the resistance to the German occupation during the World War II. He died in Venlo.


...
Wikipedia

...