Pem Sluijter

Pem Sluijter^[a] (15 May 1939 – 18 December 2007) was a Dutch poet.

Pem Sluijter
Pem Sluijter in 2003
Born	Petronella Eduarda Maria Rutgers-Sluijter (1939-05-15)15 May 1939 Middelburg, Netherlands
Died	18 December 2007(2007-12-18) (aged 68) The Hague
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	Dutch

Biography

Pem Sluijter was born in 1939 in Middelburg, Netherlands.

Sluijter worked between 1959 and 1963 as journalist at Het Parool.^[1][2]

Sluijter made her debut at 58 years of age with poetry collection Roos is een bloem (1997). She won the C. Buddingh'-prijs for this debut.^[1] Her second poetry collection Het licht van Attica was published in 2004.^[1] Both of her publications were published by De Arbeiderspers.

Sluijter died in The Hague in December 2007.^[1]

In 2018, her poem Nachtbraak was added to a wall in the Batjanstraat in The Hague, both in Dutch and translated into English.^[2]

Awards

• 1997: C. Buddingh'-prijs, Roos is een bloem

Publications

• Roos is een bloem (1997)
• Het licht van Attica (2004)

Notes

1. Sometimes spelled as Pem Sluyter.