Heere Heeresma
Simon Heere Heeresma (9 March 1932 – 26 June 2011) was a Dutch author and poet. Heeresma was born in Amsterdam in 1932. His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's Room, but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation.
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Heere Heeresma

Rob Bogaerts for Anefo · Nationaal Archief · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Heere Heeresma
- Born
- 9 March 1932
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam
- Died
- 26 June 2011
- Place of death
- Laren
- Occupation
- author and poet
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Languages
- Dutch
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Simon Heere Heeresma (9 March 1932 – 26 June 2011) was a Dutch author and poet. Heeresma was born in Amsterdam in 1932. His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's Room, but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation.
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Especially well received was his publication Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating of 1973. A Day at the Beach (1962) was made into a movie twice: first in 1970 by Simon Hesera (A Day at the Beach) and in 1984 by Dutch cineast Theo van Gogh. Heeresma died in Laren in 2011, aged 79. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
![Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie: [onbekend] Beschrijving: Heere Heeresma Datum: 14 april 1989 Trefwoorden: schrijvers Persoonsnaam: Heeresma, Heere (jr.) Fotograaf: Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo, [onbekend] Auteursrechthebbende: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer: 934-4378 Reac](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Heere_Heeresma%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-4378.jpg/1280px-Heere_Heeresma%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-4378.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie: [onbekend] Beschrijving: Heere Heeresma Datum: 14 april 1989 Trefwoorden: schrijvers Persoonsnaam: Heeresma, Heere (jr.) Fotograaf: Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo, [onbekend] Auteursrechthebbende: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer: 934-4378 Reac
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• Name — Heere Heeresma • Born — 9 March 1932 • Birthplace — Amsterdam • Died — 26 June 2011 • Place of death — Laren • Resting Place — Zorgvlied cemetery • Occupation — author and poet • Notable Works — A Day at the Beach (1962) Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating (1973)
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• These verses and poems, that poetry too (1974) • Totally Heeresma (1978) • Autobiographical (1983)
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- 1.“Schrijver Heere Heeresma (79) overleden”, AD.nl, 26 juni 2011.
- 2.Mouvement contestataire et libertaire des années 1965-1970 aux Pays-Bas qui se réclamait d’une idéologie écologique, antimonarchiste et anti-impérialiste.
- 3.. Peene (2012),
- 4.J. Huijnink en van Bork, (2005) “Heeresma Heere”, .
- 5.J. Huijnink en van Bork, (2005) “Heeresma Heere”, .
- 6.Peene (2012) .
- 7., - titel. DBNL.
- 8.Alors qu’à l’heure actuelle, en ce début des années 1970, les pages littéraires des plus importants quotidiens et hebdomadaires ainsi que la critique littéraire en général sont dans leur ensemble entre les mains de quelques personnes qui ne portent guère d’intérêt pour la production littéraire des amis de leurs familles, des membres de celles-ci et de leurs amants et amantes, […] Nous, les signataires de ce manifeste avons donné naissance à un groupe ouvert qui s’appellera dorénavant « ceux de ‘70 ». Nous voulons regagner la confiance du public en écrivant des textes qui soient lisibles (Extraits du manifeste, Introduction et chap. VII. De Zeventigers).
- 9.Peene (2012)
- 10.Peene (2012)
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- R.A. Cornets de Groot, De kunst van het falen, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, La Haye, 1978 .
- de’s Gravenweert, J. Essai sur l’histoire de la Littérature Néerlandaise. Bibliobazar, Charleston, 2016 (Édition originale : Amsterdam, Delachaux, 1830).
- J. Huijnink & G.J. van Bork. “Heeresma, Heere” (in) Schrijvers en dichters (dbnl biografieënproject I)(2003-....).[en ligne] https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bork001schr01_01/bork001schr01_01_0452.php. (Recherche : 2024.10.21)
- Guus Luijters: 'Heere Heeresma (Levensbericht)'. In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden, 2012-2013, [en ligne] https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa004201301_01/_jaa004201301_01_0010.php.
- Reinder P. Meyer. Literature of the Low Countries. A Short History of Dutch Literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. Van Gorcum, 1971 .
- Bert Peene. « Heere Heeresma » (dans) Kritisch lexicon van de moderne Nederlandstalige literatuur(1980-2015), 2012. [en ligne] https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/zuid004krit01_01/kll00243.php#h017. (Recherche 2024.10.21).
- Henk Reurslag, De wereld van Heere Heeresma, Uitgeverij de Prom, Baarn 1990 .
- Henk Reurslag, Han de Wit verplettert Frits van Egters, de Prom Bibliofiel, Baarn 1986.
- Hanna Stouten, Jaap Goedegebuure et Frits van Oostrom (dir.), Histoire de la littérature néerlandaise : Pays-Bas et Flandre, Fayard, Paris, 1999, 915 p. .
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