Poetry
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SONNETS 2021
Poetry
2022
Poetry
2022
Sonnets 2021 is the last compilation of the sonnets in response to current events, which Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer published in 2021 with a biweekly frequency in the book supplement of…
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QUATTRO IDILLI
Poetry
2021
Poetry
2021
A trilingual edition of Idyll 1, Idyll 4, Idyll 61 (The old words of a time that is still yet to come) and Idyll 70 (Gongula), with the Dutch original,…
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SONNETS 2020
Poetry
2021
Poetry
2021
Since 1 January 2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has been writing a sonnet about the news for the newspaper every other week. These columns in poetry form are printed every other…
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SONNETS 2019
Poetry
2020
Poetry
2020
Since 1 January 2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has been writing a sonnet about the news for the newspaper every other week. These columns in poetry form are printed every other…
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SONNETS 2018
Poetry
2019
Poetry
2019
Since 1 January 2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer has been writing a sonnet about the news for the newspaper every other week. These columns in poetry form are printed every other…
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OF WAR AND LOVE
A SONG OF HEROESPoetry
2017
Poetry
2017
An epyllion in Theocritan style about the Trojan War, revisited in a modern age. In rhyming alexandrines.
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DUETS
WITH ERIK JAN HARMENSPoetry
2016
Poetry
2016
A collection of thirty poems written four-handedly by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer and Erik Jan Harmens about the fact that the world is falling to pieces.
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IDYLLS
NEW POETRYPoetry
2015
VSB Poetry Prize, 2016Jan Campert-prize, 2015Awater poetry prize, 2016E. du Perronprize, 2015
Poetry
2015
VSB Poetry Prize, 2016Jan Campert-prize, 2015Awater poetry prize, 2016E. du Perronprize, 2015
“He invaded poetry like Genghis Khan. His scorched verses crushed the serfs and left them trembling with fear and awe. And then he went silent. He spent the next seven…
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GIRO GIRO TONDO
AN OBSESSIONPoetry
2015
Poetry
2015
As a gift for the Week of Dutch and Belgian Poetry 2015, printed in an edition of more than 20 thousand copies, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer wrote a crown of sonnets…
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THE MOON HAS NO NEED OF LOVE
AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE POEMS OF ILJA LEONARD PFEIJFFERAnthologies
Poetry
2008
Anthologies
Poetry
2008
An anthology of the poems of Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (edited by Özcan Akyol) in the pocket series of classics from Dutch literature.
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THE MAN OF MANY MEANS
COLLECTED POEMS 1998-2008Poetry
2008
Poetry
2008
This collection of Collected Poems 1998-2008 contains the award-winning and acclaimed collections Van de vierkant man (1998), The glimmering of the welkwiek (2001), Dolores (2002) and In the name of…
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IN THE NAME OF THE DOG
THE GREAT POEMSPoetry
2005
Poetry
2005
In the name of the dog contains sixteen poems that can truly be called ‘great’ in every respect: each individual poem is a hymn that sings like a dog and…
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DEATH DANCE
Poetry
2005
Poetry
2005
A poem by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer with artwork by Roos Custers.
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DOLORES
ELEGIESPoetry
2002
German Literature Prize of Nordrhein-Westfahlen, 2002
Poetry
2002
German Literature Prize of Nordrhein-Westfahlen, 2002
Dolores contains twenty-five compact, exuberant, screamingly recognizable poems about a great love, which, like all great loves, is characterized by despair and failure.
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OF THE SQUARE MAN
Poetry
1998
C. Buddingh'-prize, 1999
Poetry
1998
C. Buddingh'-prize, 1999
From first poem to last, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s debut collection is remarkable for both its rich imagery and sounds and its varied themes and compositions. His ‘butter-baked images and bulimic…
