From a childhood

Title: From a childhood

Writer: Jan Campert

Binding: Hardcover

EAN: 9789079875702

Condition: Good

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Description:
Eternally in love with Walcheren: that was Jan Campert (1902-1943)'s -
short - life long. He spent his youth in Westkapelle, where his
father was a general practitioner. In the 15 years he lived there, his love for
Walcheren originated. Jan Campert was not only a poet/writer but also a journalist
and columnist. He became known to the general public shortly after his death
through the poem ''The Song of the Eighteen Dead'', symbol of the
resistance against the Nazis. Soon after his departure from Zeeland he wrote a
series of 34 articles for the weekly magazine Ons Zeeland from 1928-1929 under
the title 'From a youth. Memories of Zeeland'. On a trip with the
steam tram they take the reader along Westkapelle, along
Middelburg and Vlissingen where he went to school, and along Zoutelande, his
'little earthly paradise.'
These memories of Zeeland and the Zeelanders ('No country and no people
is dear to me') reveal a side of Jan Camperts that is unknown to many
writing and shed new light on his poetry: 'I see so
I would like to make this connection between my island and poetry.'
The series of articles has now been digitized, bundled and explained
and illustrations from Campert's time provided by Ans Dingemanse-
Dieleman and Aad de Klerk.
A poem about Remco Campert's father is included.