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Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 4

Lucebert [Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk]

Translated from the Dutch by Diane Butterman, with an Introduction by Piet Gerbrandy

A Bilingual Edition

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SEE ALSO:
Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 1
Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 2
Lucebert: The Collected Poems, Volume 3

Lucebert (pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, 1924–1994) lived in Amsterdam and later in Bergen, a coastal town in the Netherlands then popular with artists.

The experimental and enigmatic quality of his verse made him a sensation in the early 1950s. He was instantly embraced by the avant-garde movements CoBrA and The Fiftiers, but eyed with suspicion by the Dutch establishment. Today, he is acknowledged as an important voice within the literary canon, and his prolific legacy extends to thousands of paintings and drawings.

The Collected Poems: Volume 4 includes his books Comfort the Hysterical Robot (1989), About the Motionless Turbulent Spirit (1993), About the Meticulous Reveller (1994), and Unpublished Poems (1994), left behind at his death. Whereas at the start of his career his poetry was optimistic and assertive, towards the end it was fraught with fear and negativity.