BIOGRAPHY
Pieter Boskma was born on 9th May 1956 in Leeuwarden,
the weather being lovely and bright, while young blackbirds
practised a new song, which made it seem as if he was
born to the world singing like the birds, but this might
be a fabrication by his dear mother. He spread out his
wings and flapped them from New York to Syracuse, Magelang
to Marrakech. In the end he settled down in Amsterdam,
where hes been working and living for a while now.
Firstly, as curator of the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde,
and subsequently, since his debut as a poet with Quest
(1987), as a fulltime poet.
Together with fellow artist Paul van der Steen (1950-1991),
who died young, he founded 'Virus', a small press poetry
magazine, of which seven issues were published, from 1984
to 1986. They also published the book Virus Virus
together (vanity press, 1984) with twelve poems of each,
complemented by drawings of Nesrin and Olivia Ettema.
Boskma was also involved with the Maximalen movement
(1988-1989). In the nineties he caused some commotion
by 'making his debut' as a young female poet by the name
of Laura
van der Galiën (France, 1972) in the anthology
Aan
iedere spijker een regel (A Line on Every Nail;
edited by Serge van Duijnhoven,
Prometheus, Amsterdam, 1995) with poems later to appear
in the volume Zeventien (Seventeen; Prometheus,
1996).
Together with Gerrit Komrij,
Menno Wigman,
Onno
Blom and Ilja
Pfeijffer he has formed the editorial board of the
magazine 'Awater'.
For the first issue of this magazine he forged poems by
Gerrit
Achterberg.
His work has been published in many anthologies, in newspapers
and magazines such as NRC
Handelsblad, de Volkskrant,
Avenue, Vrij Nederland and Playboy. Poems of his have
been translated into Frisian,
English, French, German and Chinese. He has published
poetry in countless literary magazines: Bunker
Hill, Zoetermeer, De
Revisor, Hollands Maandblad, Deus
ex machina, Optima, Zanzibar,
De Rottend Staal Nieuwsbrief and now also here at Rottend
Staal Online.
Please browse www.google.com
for more information about Pieter Boskma.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
POETRY VOLUMES
Virus Virus (met Paul van der Steen), eigen beheer,
Amsterdam, 1984)
Quest,
In de Knipscheer, Haarlem, 1987
De
Messiaanse kust, In de Knipscheer, Haarlem, 1989
Tiara,
In de Knipscheer, Amsterdam, 1991
Nerven
in de vierkante tijd, met tekeningen van Pieter
Bijwaard, 1991
Huis
van jonge dagen, met tekeningen van Pieter Bijwaard,
Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, 1994
Simpel
heelal, In de Knipscheer, Amsterdam, 1995
- recensie door Rogi Wieg, Parool,
10-3-1995
In
de naam, Bert Bakker, Amsterdam, 1996
- recensie door Rogi Wieg, Parool,
22-11-1996
Te
midden van de tijden, Prometheus, Amsterdam, 1998
- recensie door Arie van den Berg, NRC
Handelsblad, 29-5-1998
- recensie door Peter de Boer, Trouw,
19-6-1998
Het
zingende doek & De Geheime Gedichten,
Prometheus, Amsterdam, 1999
- recensie door Peter de Boer, Trouw,
22-1-2000
Yn
tongen (Friese vertaling van het gedicht 'In tongen'
door Theun de Vries), Triona Pers, Houwerzijl, 2000. 200
xx.
De
aardse komedie. Een roman-gedicht, Prometheus,
Amsterdam, 2002
Ene arm vrij (De nacht dat ik bezocht werd door Gerrit
Achterberg), met schilderingen van Pieter Bijwaard,
Prometheus, Amsterdam, december 2003 (niet in de handel;
nieuwjaarsgeschenk)
Puur, Prometheus, Amsterdam, maart 2004
NOVELLA
Een foto van God, In de Knipscheer, Haarlem, 1993.
BOOKS EDITED BY BOSKMA
Van gelijke duisternis - het verzameld
werk van Paul van der Steen, samenstelling Pieter
Boskma, Van Der Steenfonds/In de Knipscheer, Haarlem,
1996
Ik vind je zo lief en zo licht - bloemlezing uit de
mooiste liefdesgedichten van Herman
Gorter, samenstelling Pieter Boskma, Bert Bakker,
Amsterdam, 1997 (inmiddels is daarvan de derde druk in
omloop)
OTHER
Steden van water, liedjes van licht,11 proza-gedichten
over 11 Zuid-Hollandse steden (Pieter Boskma schreef
de gedichten, Erik Lindner 11 journalistieke impressies;
fotowerk van Mieke Bijleveld), Culturele Raad Zuid-Holland,
1995.
Dit boek werd bekroond als een der fraaist
vormgegeven boeken van het jaar en geëxposeerd in
het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam