Judith Herzberg
Judith Herzberg | |
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 Judith Herzberg (1988) | |
| Born | Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg November 4, 1934 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright, screenwriter |
Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.
Life and work
[edit]Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg.[1] During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 Herzberg lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel.[1] She mainly writes poems and plays, and also works on films. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland. Two years later, she published her first poetry collection, Zeepost.[2] She also wrote the plays Leedvermaak, Charlotte and Rijgdraad, which were made into films by Frans Weisz. Charlotte is about the painter Charlotte Salomon who was murdered in Auschwitz.[3] In 1997 Herzberg received the P. C. Hooft Award for her entire oeuvre.[2]
Awards
[edit]- 1980 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Screenplay[4]
- 1981 Jan Campert Prize for Botshol[1]
- 1988 Charlotte Köhler-prijs voor Literatuur for Leedvermaak[1]
- 1988 Cestoda-prijs[5]
- 1989 Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs for Kras[1]
- 1994 Constantijn Huygens Prize[1]
- 1997 P. C. Hooft Award[2]
- 2022 Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry[6]
Works
[edit]
- 1963 – Zeepost (poetry)
- 1968 – Beemdgras (poetry)
- 1970 – Vliegen (poetry)
- 1971 – Strijklicht (poetry)
- 1971 – 27 liefdesliedjes (poetry)
- 1974 – Dat het 's ochtends ochtend wordt. De deur stond open. Twee dramastukken (drama)
- 1977 – Het maken van gedichten en het praten daarover (essay)
- 1980 – Botshol (poetry)
- 1981 – Charlotte. diary bij een film (diary)
- 1982 – Leedvermaak (drama)
- 1983 – De val van Icarus (poetry) Deels eerder verschenen in Botshol
- 1984 – Dagrest (poetry)
- 1984 – Twintig gedichten (poetry)
- 1985 – En/of (drama)
- 1986 – Merg (drama)
- 1986 – De kleine zeemeermin (drama)
- 1987 – Zoals (poetry)
- 1988 – Tussen Amsterdam en Tel Aviv (articles and letters)
- 1988 – De Caracal. Een monoloog (drama)
- 1989 – Kras (drama)
- 1991 – Een goed hoofd (drama)
- 1991 – Teksten voor drama en film. 1972–1988
- 1992 – Zoals (poetry) Bevat onder meer de 12 gedichten uit Zoals uit 1987
- 1994 – Doen en laten. Een keuze uit de gedichten (poetry)
- 1995 – Rijgdraad (drama)
- 1996 – Brief aan wie niet hier is. Tussen Jeruzalem en Amsterdam (reisverslag)
- 1996 – Wat zij wilde schilderen (poetry)
- 1997 – De Nietsfabriek (drama)
- 1998 – Een golem (play)
- 1998 – Landschap (poems)
- 1999 – Bijvangst (poems)
- 2000 – Lieve Arthur (drama)
- 2004 – Soms vaak (poetry)
- 2004 – Thuisreis (drama)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I)". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Judith Herzberg". Poetry International. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1985. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2008.
- ^ "Cestoda-prijs". Theater Encyclopedie (in Dutch). Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ "Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik an Judith Herzberg und Ronya Othmann". literaturportal-bayern.de, 22 November 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2024 (in German).
External links
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- 1934 births
- Living people
- Jewish Dutch writers
- 20th-century Dutch dramatists and playwrights
- Dutch women poets
- Writers from Amsterdam
- Constantijn Huygens Prize winners
- P. C. Hooft Award winners
- Dutch women dramatists and playwrights
- Dutch women screenwriters
- 20th-century Dutch poets
- 20th-century Dutch women writers
- 21st-century Dutch dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Dutch poets
- 21st-century Dutch women writers