J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (died 2012)

J. Bernlef

Dutch writer and translator (1937–2012)

Hendrik Jan Marsman, better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1984 and…