latest update 7th January, 2004 (click for Dutch version)
Louis Th. Lehmann, born one sunny day, 19th August
1920 to be precise, in Rotterdam, is a poet, prose writer,
translator, graduate lawyer, archaeologist and of course
the swinging DJ who treats an enraptured audience to great
music every Friday night on Dutch national radio station
VPRO. Who doesn't remember that legendary poetry festival
Poetry
in Carré, on 28th February 1966, when 2000
visitors witnessed Lehmann being the only out of 25 to
recite his poems by heart. He made his debut in 1939 in
the magazine 'Werk'(Work) and was anthologised twice that
same year in: Dichters van dezen tijd (Poets
of Our Time; 13th impr.) and in In aanbouw
(Under Construction), which, by the way, contains
a handsome picture of the artist as a young man. In 1940
his first volume appeared, Subjectieve Reportage
(Subjective Reportage; De Vrije Bladen, Leopold,
The Hague). His Verzamelde Gedichten (Collected
Poems) appeared in 1947 with renowned publisher Alexander
Stols and a revised edition appeared in December 2000
under the title Gedichten 1939-1998 (Poetry
1939-1998) with De Bezige Bij. On the 15th December
2000 he spoke to newspaper De Volkskrant: 'If I had to
give young poets some good advice: dont make your
debut before you have a steady job. Although I understand
that these days these youngsters are quite adapt at giving
lectures and performing. This circuit wasnt as well
developed in my day.'
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Although the saying 'Thou shalt not anthologise' (Gij zult niet bloemlezen) is one of his, this hasn't kept many anthologisers away from his work they just include it without consent.
Please visit the Louis Th. Lehmann site.
And browse www.google.com for more information about Lehmann. As far as we know, he is no relation of British author John Lehmann (http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/L/LehmannJ.html), so please add his Christian name when surfing.
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