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{{Short description|Dutch poet and essayist (1894–1953)}}{{About|the poet and essayist|the publishing company and imprint|Martinus Nijhoff Publishers}}(File:Martinus Nijhoff (1894-1953).jpg|thumb|Martinus Nijhoff (1913))Martinus Nijhoff (20 April 1894, in The Hague – 26 January 1953, in The Hague) was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was in 1916 with his volume De wandelaar ("The wanderer"). He then gradually expanded his reputation by his unique style of poetry: not experimental, like Paul van Ostaijen, yet distinguished by the clarity of his language combined with mystical content. He was a literary craftsman who employed skilfully various verse forms from different literary periods.Some of his best-known works include Het Uur U ("U Hour", 1936) and the long poem {{ill|Awater|nl|Awater (gedicht)}} (1934). A number of individual sonnets also rose to fame, particularly De Moeder de Vrouw ("The Mother the Woman/Wife") commemorating the opening of a bridge over the river Waal near Zaltbommel. Joseph Brodsky considered the poem Awater one of the grandest poems of the 20th century.See: Cynthia L. Haven, Joseph Brodsky: conversations. University Press of Mississippi 2002, p. 68. Nijhoff was awarded Constantijn Huygens Prize posthumously in 1953. In 1969 the new road bridge at Zaltbommel, that replaced the one in his poem, was named the "Martinus Nijhoff Bridge".WEB,weblink Martinus Nijhoffbrug, 14 April 2024, nl, www.vaarweginformatie.nl,

See also

• Heer Halewijn
• Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae

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• {{in lang|nl}} File Martinus Nijhoff in the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
• {{in lang|nl}} Biography Martinus Nijhoff (W.A. Ornée, 'Nijhoff, Martinus (1894–1953)', in Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland [Biographical Dictionary of The Netherlands], 13-03-2008)

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