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Hendrik Jan Marsman (14 January 1937 – 29 October 2012), better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1984 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1994, both of which were for his work as a whole. His book ''Hersenschimmen'' features on the list of NRC's Best Dutch novels. ==Life== Marsman was born on 14 January 1937 in Sint Pancras and worked in a number of genres under a variety of pseudonyms, which included Ronnie Appelman, J. Grauw, Cas den Haan, S. den Haan, and Cas de Vries. There had already been a well-known Dutch poet named Hendrik Marsman who had died in 1940, so this Marsman preferred to take the name of an 8th century blind Frisian poet named Bernlef as his chief nom de plume. 1958 was a key year in Bernlef's life, during which he spent some time in Sweden, enabling him years later to translate Swedish writers; he also co-edited the English language ''A pulp magazine for the dead generation'' (under the name Henk Marsman) with the Beat poet Gregory Corso, published from Paris by Piero Heliczer’s The Dead Language Press.〔(Dutch National Library )〕 Together with two other poets, K. Schippers and G. Brands, he went on to visit the Dada exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum and inspired by that launched with them the seminal magazine ''Barbarber'' (1958-71). In 1960 his first poetry collection, ''Kokkels'' (Cockles) was awarded the Reina Prinsen Geerligs-prijs. In that year he married Eva Hoornik, daughter of the poet Ed. Hoornik, by whom he eventually had two children. At the same time, his friend Schippers married her twin sister Erica.〔(Kunstbus )〕 Later he began writing novels and became widely known for his ''Hersenschimmen'' (translated as ''Out of Mind'') in 1984. He was an industrious writer and shortly before his death a photo showed the pile of his works as equaling him in height.〔(Author's home page )〕 Bernlef died on 29 October 2012, aged 75, at his home in Amsterdam after a short illness. One tribute paid to Bernlef then hailed him as "one of the greats of Dutch literature."〔 Another, from Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director of PEN International, pointed out that “Henk was not only a distinguished writer himself, but also a great defender of other writers.” In the late 1980s he had taken over as director of The PEN Emergency Fund, a lifeline to writers and their families whose lives had been blighted by prison, threats, torture and censorship, and worked untiringly for their relief. 〔(PEN International )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Bernlef」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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