Paul Marijnis

Paul Marijnis (9 September 1946 – 10 April 2008) was a Dutch writer and poet.

Paul Marijnis
Paul Marijnis in 2005
Born	(1946-09-09)9 September 1946 Schiedam, Netherlands
Died	10 April 2008(2008-04-10) (aged 61) Leiden, Netherlands
Occupation	Writer, poet
Nationality	Dutch
Years active	1993 – 2008
Notable awards	J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs 2003

Career

Marijnis worked as a journalist at NRC Handelsblad.^[1]

Marijnis made his literary debut in 1993 at age 47 with the novel De zeemeermin published by De Arbeiderspers.^[2][3] In an interview in 1993 Marijnis mentioned Paul van Ostaijen, J. Slauerhoff and Lucebert as sources of inspiration.^[3] Marijnis made his debut as poet with Gillette (1998) which was nominated for the C. Buddingh'-prijs award in 1999.^[3][4] His second poetry collection Roze zoenen (2002) won the very first J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs in 2003.^[5]

Death

Marijnis died in 2008 after a stroke.^[6][1] His last novel Waandag was published posthumously in 2009.

Publications

• De zeemeermin (1993)
• Gillette (1998)
• Roze zoenen (2002)
• Het licht in de kattenbak (2003)
• De loden schoentjes (2006)
• Waandag (2009)
• cumdag (2022)