J. C. Bloem
Dutch writer
Born on: May 10, 1887Died on: August 10, 1966
Aged: 79 years 92 days (951 months)
Birth Sign: Taurus
Jakobus Cornelis (Jacques) Bloem was a Dutch poet and essayist. Between 1921 and 1958 he published fourteen volumes of poetry. In 1949 he won the Constantijn Huygensprijs, one of the country's highest literary awards, and in 1952 the P.
C. Hooft Award for his literary oeuvre. In 1965, in rapidly declining health, he was awarded the highest Dutch-language literary award, the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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