Gerrit Achterberg
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 63 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 20,1905 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Langbroek |
| Netherlands | |
| Date of died | January 17,1962 |
| Died | Leusden |
| Netherlands | |
| Parents | Hendrik Achterberg |
| Pietje van de Meent | |
| Job | Teacher |
| Poet | |
| Civil servant | |
| Books | Hidden Weddings: Selected Poems |
| Selected Poems of Gerrit Achterberg: But this Land Has No End | |
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| ID | 515225 |
Gerrit Achterberg Life story
Gerrit Achterberg was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death. Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of eight children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition.