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Willem Kloos

Dutch poet (1859-1938) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 78

Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic. He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of De Nieuwe Gids after the editorial fracture in 1893. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.

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Tollensprijs1918
D.A. Thiemeprijs1896
Eremedaille voor Kunst en Wetenschap in Zilver

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Country
Netherlands
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1938 · aged 78