Hanny Michaelis (19 December 1922 – 11 June 2007) was a Dutch poet. [1]
The daughter of Alfred Michaelis and Gonda Sara Swaab, both Jewish, she was born in Amsterdam. [1]
Her parents were sent to Sobibór in 1943 [2] and never returned. She lived in hiding from 1942 to 1945. [3] After World War II, Michaelis worked for the Artistic Affairs department of the municipality of Amsterdam . [4]
In 1948, she married the writer Gerard Kornelis van het Reve; they separated in 1959. [1]
She was awarded the Anna Bijns Prize in 1996. [5]
Her work has a prevailing tone of melancholy, loneliness and despair, although her last collection of poems has a more vital tone to it and moments of humour. [4]
Michaelis died in Amsterdam at the age of 84. [1]
Hanny Michaelis (19 December 1922 – 11 June 2007) was a Dutch poet. [1]
The daughter of Alfred Michaelis and Gonda Sara Swaab, both Jewish, she was born in Amsterdam. [1]
Her parents were sent to Sobibór in 1943 [2] and never returned. She lived in hiding from 1942 to 1945. [3] After World War II, Michaelis worked for the Artistic Affairs department of the municipality of Amsterdam . [4]
In 1948, she married the writer Gerard Kornelis van het Reve; they separated in 1959. [1]
She was awarded the Anna Bijns Prize in 1996. [5]
Her work has a prevailing tone of melancholy, loneliness and despair, although her last collection of poems has a more vital tone to it and moments of humour. [4]
Michaelis died in Amsterdam at the age of 84. [1]