Zbornik Mednarodnega literarnega srečanja Vilenica 2003 - Ljudmila

je nedvomno najbolj priljubljen nizozemski pesnik in gotovo eden od najveèjih. Njegovo
ime je pravzaprav psevdonim profesorja R.H. van den Hoofdakkerja, uglednega, èastno
upokojenega profesorja psihiatrije na Univerzi v Groningenu. Poleg številnih strokovnih
èlankov in razprav ter esejev o umetnosti, je objavil 16 knjig poezije in 10 knjig poezije
v prevodih v anglešèino, nemšèino, francošèino, hebrejšèino in poljšèino. Za svoje delo
je prejel tudi vrsto prestižnih nagrad, med drugimi tudi najvišjo v svoji domovini,
nagrado P.C. Hooft. Njegove pesmi so, kot je rekel Herman de Coninck, lahke, ko jih
zaènemo brati, ko pa se enkrat vanje potopimo, iz njih ni veè mogoèe izstopiti.
is the pseudonym of Professor R.H. van den Hoofdakker (b. 1934), distinguished
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Groningen University. He has been publishing
volumes of poetry and literary essays since 1966 and is one of Holland's most widely
read poets. His eleventh collection appeared in 1997. He is arguably the best-loved poet
in the Dutch-speaking area today. His poems are, as Herman de Coninck remarked,
"easy to get into, but impossible to get out of." He has received several prestigious
prizes, including his country's highest award for literary achievement, the P. C. Hooft
Prize.
Rutger Kopland