Hendrik Marsman was a Dutch poet and writer. He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the S.S. Berenice, either suffered a fatal engine-room explosion, or was torpedoed by a German submarine which mistook Berenice for another vessel.
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Photos 4
Awards 2
Connected to Hendrik 6
Marnix GijsenAlso won Prijs van Amsterdam
Lieke MarsmanAlso won Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt award
J. BernlefAlso won Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt award
Martinus NijhoffAlso won Prijs van Amsterdam
J. SlauerhoffAlso won Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt award
Frank Martinus ArionAlso won Lucy B. en C.W. van der Hoogt awardAbout this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1940 · aged 40
Written about in
16 languages
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