Hans Sleutelaar

Dutch poet

Hans Sleutelaar (22 September 1935 – 25 June 2020) was a Dutch poet.[1] Together with Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager and Hans Verhagen, Sleutelaar was one of the Zestigers [nl], a Dutch term talking about the literary movement in the 1960s.[2] Together with Eelke de Jong, Sleutelaar collected 500 fairytales in the collection Sprookjes van de Lage Landen [nl].

Hans Sleutelaar
Sleutelaar in 2015
Born(1935-09-22)22 September 1935
Died25 June 2020(2020-06-25) (aged 84)
NationalityDutch
OccupationPoet
AwardsAnna Blaman Prijs (2016)

Among other things, Sleutelaar worked as a junior copywriter at Unilever, as a freelance copywriter, as a Haagse Post employee and as editor-in-chief of publisher Boelen. He had his own publishing company from 1985 to 2000.[3]

Sleutelaar died on 25 June 2020 in Rotterdam, aged 84.[4]

References change

  1. "De Bibliotheek maakt je rijker". www.bibliotheek.nl.
  2. "VPRO Boeken". VPRO.
  3. Martin Bril. "Passionate. Jaargang 12". Digital Library for the Dutch Literature (in Dutch).
  4. "Rotterdamse dichter Hans Sleutelaar overleden". Rijnmond.