Jacques Perk

1859–1881

Jacques Perk (1859–1881) was a Dutch poet from Dordrecht, a forerunner of the Tachtigers, the “Movement of the Eighties” that renewed Dutch literature. He died of typhoid in Amsterdam at the age of 21.

His sonnet cycle Mathilde, inspired by a girl he met in the Ardennes, was published after his death in 1882 by his friend Willem Kloos. Its music and personal feeling made it a landmark of modern Dutch poetry.

Poems (116)

A 7

B 4

D 31

E 9

F 1

G 3

H 9

I 3

K 5

L 4

M 8

N 1

O 9

R 1

S 5

T 2

U 1

V 5

W 3

Z 4

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