Hendrik Marsman

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Hendrik Marsman


Born
in Zeist, Netherlands
September 30, 1899

Died
June 21, 1940

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Hendrik Marsman was a Dutch poet and writer.

The collection Verzen (1923; “Verses”) expresses an antihumanist, anti-intellectual rebelliousness, which the poet called “vitalism.” As editor of the periodical De Vrije bladen (“The Free Press”), he became in 1925 the foremost critic of the younger generation. His next collection of verse appeared in 1927 with the English title Paradise Regained and was greeted as a major artistic achievement. Another cycle, Porta Nigra, dominated by the idea of death, appeared in 1934. His last book of verse, Tempel en kruis (1940; “Temple and Cross”), an autobiographical account of the poet’s development, reaffirms humanistic ideals.

After obtaining a Portuguese visa in Bordeaux, France, on June 18, 1940 from
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Verzamelde gedichten

3.99 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1938 — 7 editions
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Tempel en kruis

3.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1940 — 4 editions
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De dood van Angèle Degroux

3.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1933 — 7 editions
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Paradise regained (Alfa)

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H. Marsman: verzameld werk

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Heden ik, morgen gij

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A Crooked Flower in Cosmos’...

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Porta Nigra

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Ik die bij sterren sliep

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Achter de vuurlijn van de h...

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“De hemel groots en grauw.
daaronder het geweldig laagland met de plassen;
bomen en molens, kerktorens en kassen,
verkaveld door de sloten, zilvergrauw.

dit is mijn land, mijn volk;
dit is de ruimte waarin ik wil klinken.
laat mij één avond in de plassen blinken,
daarna mag ik verdampen als een wolk.”
Hendrik Marsman, Verzamelde gedichten

“Vlam in mij, laai weer op;
hart in mij, heb geduld,
verdubbel het vertrouwen -
vogel in mij, laat zich opnieuw ontvouwen
de vleugelen, de nu nog moede en grauwe;
o, wiek nu op uit de verbrande takken
en laat de moed en uwe vaart niet zakken;
het nest is goed, maar het heelal is ruimer.”
Hendrik Marsman, H. Marsman: verzameld werk

“Tussen dit ogenblik en mijn dood
ligt misschien een lang leven;
ook een groot?
de hoop daarop heeft mij allengs begeven;
maar is het groot of klein niet om het even
voor wie gelooft dat wij pas met den dood
gaan leven?”
Hendrik Marsman, Verzamelde gedichten
tags: death, life

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