Albert Verwey

Albert Verwey (May 15, 1865 – March 8, 1937) was a Dutch poet belonging to the "Movement of Eighty". As a translator, staffer, and literary historian he played an important role in the literary life of The Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although no Dutch writer has won the Nobel Prize in Literature he is among Dutch writers to have been nominated by multiple people. Verwey was a prolific writer; at the University of Amsterdam his carefully kept correspondence (of 20,000 letters) can be consulted. * 'Stoa', wall poem in Leiden * * Grave in Noordwijk * Bust in Noordwijk

Albert Verwey

Albert Verwey (May 15, 1865 – March 8, 1937) was a Dutch poet belonging to the "Movement of Eighty". As a translator, staffer, and literary historian he played an important role in the literary life of The Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although no Dutch writer has won the Nobel Prize in Literature he is among Dutch writers to have been nominated by multiple people. Verwey was a prolific writer; at the University of Amsterdam his carefully kept correspondence (of 20,000 letters) can be consulted. * 'Stoa', wall poem in Leiden * * Grave in Noordwijk * Bust in Noordwijk