Lucebert; The Collected Poems, Volume 3

Translated and Introduced by Diane Butterman

A Bilingual Edition

Series No.: 197

ISBN: 978-1557134165, Pages: 522

Dutch Literature, Poetry

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SEE ALSO:

Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 1

Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 2

Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 4

Lucebert (pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, 1924–1994) lived in Amsterdam and later in Bergen, a coastal town in the Netherlands then popular with artists.

The experimental and enigmatic quality of his verse made him a sensation in the early 1950s. He was instantly embraced by the avant-garde movements CoBrA and The Fiftiers, but eyed with suspicion by the Dutch establishment. Today, he is acknowledged as an important voice within the literary canon, and his prolific legacy extends to thousands of paintings and drawings.

The Collected Poems, Volume 3 includes his books Beautiful View & Other Curiosities (1965), Harvesting in the Wandering Garden (1981), The Marsh Rider from Paradise (1982) and Uncollected Poems (1964–74). Although the publication of his poetry books temporarily stagnated, this volume demonstrates that he was not totally inactive in the late 1960s–70s.