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Hans Antonius Faverey (14 September 1933, in Paramaribo – 8 July 1990, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch poet of Surinamese descent. Besides being a poet, he was a lecturer at the psychology department of the Universiteit Leiden.




Biography


Faverey was born in Suriname, but moved to the Netherlands in 1939 where he graduated from the University of Amsterdam, and was a psychologist by profession. In 1959 he married the poet Lela Zeckovic, and in 1965 started to work at the University of Leiden as a lecturer.




Career


Faverey's poetry is thought of as dense and difficult, though Favery usually laughed at such remarks, saying that it really is not that hard. His first two collections were poorly received and only few critics praised them; nevertheless, he received the Poetry Award from the city of Amsterdam for his debut, Gedichten ("Poems").
In 1977, Faverey published Chrysanten, Roeiers for which he was awarded the Jan Campert Prize.
From then on Faverey quickly became accepted and canonized. The number of critical studies of his work increases—to the point where Faverey seems to be on a par with Gerrit Kouwenaar and Lucebert. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.




Honors and awards


1969 – Amsterdam Poetry Award for Gedichten
1977 – Jan Campert Award for Chrysanten, roeiers
1990 – Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire oeuvre




Bibliography


1968 – Gedichten
1972 – Gedichten 2
1977 – Chrysanten, roeiers
1978 – Lichtval
1980 – Gedichten
1983 – Zijden Kettingen
1985 – Hinderlijke goden
1988 – Tegen het vergeten
1990 – Het ontbrokene
1993 – Verzamelde gedichten
2000 – Springvossen




References






External links


Hans Faverey at the Digital library for Dutch literature (in Dutch – Chrysanten, Roeiers available for free download)

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