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Jan Arends


Born
in Den Haag, Netherlands
February 13, 1925

Died
January 21, 1974

Genre
Poetry, Fiction, Memoir


Johannes Cornelis (Jan) Arends (1925-1974) wrote a small body of work that consists of prose and poetry. On the day his collection 'Lunchpauzegedichten' (Lunchbreakpoems) was published, he committed suicide by jumping out the window of his room in Amsterdam. Arends suffered of depressions for most of his life, about which he wrote in Keefman (1972) one of the most impressive testimonies. When he was not staying in psychiatric hospitals, Arends worked alternately as a writer, a copywriter for advertising agencies and as a servant for older women.

In his prose and poetry a suffocating and desolate atmosphere are combined with an unique wit. In autobiographical pieces, he writes about his youth, including the Catholic boarding school where he l ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 591 ratings · 63 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Keefman
3.87 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions
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Lunchpauzegedichten
4.04 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions
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Ik had een strohoed en een ...
3.86 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions
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Vrijgezel op kamers. Verzam...
4.25 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Nagelaten gedichten
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1975
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Smeer of de weldoener des v...
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Gedichten
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De geneugten van de roem
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Twee verhalen van Jan Arend...
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“en sommige dingen wist zij niet, die wilde ze alleen maar zo.”
― Jan Arends, Ik had een strohoed en een wandelstok: Verhalen (BB literair)
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“Ik
schrijf gedichten
als dunne bomen.

Wie
kan zo mager
praten met de taal
als ik?

Misschien is mijn vader
gierig geweest
met het zaad.

Ik heb
hem nooit
gekend,
die man.

Ik heb
nooit
een echt woord gehoord
of het deed pijn.

Om pijn
te schrijven
heb je
weinig woorden
nodig.”
― Jan Arends, Vrijgezel op kamers. Verzameld werk
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“Een
kleine barst
wordt
een scheur

Een scheur
wordt
een kloof.

En zo
staat de mens
alleen”
― Jan Arends, Nagelaten gedichten
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