Judith Herzberg

Judith Herzberg studied at Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is poetry. Work by Judith Herzberg is recorded in the collections of CODA Museum. Distinctions recorded are P.C. Hooft Award, Constantijn Huygens Prize, Jan Campert Prize for poetry and Cestoda price.

Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg. During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 Herzberg lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel. She mainly writes poems and plays, and also works on films. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland. Two years later, she published her first poetry collection, Zeepost. She also wrote the plays Leedvermaak, Charlotte and Rijgdraad, which were made into films by Frans Weisz. Charlotte is about the painter Charlotte Salomon who was murdered in Auschwitz. In 1997 Herzberg received the P. C. Hooft Award for her entire oeuvre. In 2018, she was awarded the Prijs Der Nederlandse Letteren.

1963 – Zeepost (poetry) 1968 – Beemdgras (poetry) 1970 – Vliegen (poetry) 1971 – Strijklicht (poetry) 1971 – 27 liefdesliedjes (poetry) 1974 – Dat het 's ochtends ochtend wordt. De deur stond open. Twee dramastukken (drama) 1977 – Het maken van gedichten en het praten daarover (essay) 1980 – Botshol (poetry) 1981 – Charlotte. diary bij een film (diary) 1982 – Leedvermaak (drama) 1983 – De val van Icarus (poetry) Deels eerder verschenen in Botshol 1984 – Dagrest (poetry) 1984 – Twintig gedichten (poetry) 1985 – En/of (drama) 1986 – Merg (drama) 1986 – De kleine zeemeermin (drama) 1987 – Zoals (poetry) 1988 – Tussen Amsterdam en Tel Aviv (articles and letters) 1988 – De Caracal. Een monoloog (drama) 1989 – Kras (drama) 1991 – Een goed hoofd (drama) 1991 – Teksten voor drama en film. 1972–1988 1992 – Zoals (poetry) Bevat onder meer de 12 gedichten uit Zoals uit 1987 1994 – Doen en laten. Een keuze uit de gedichten (poetry) 1995 – Rijgdraad (drama) 1996 – Brief aan wie niet hier is. Tussen Jeruzalem en Amsterdam (reisverslag) 1996 – Wat zij wilde schilderen (poetry) 1997 – De Nietsfabriek (drama) 1998 – Een golem (play) 1998 – Landschap (poems) 1999 – Bijvangst (poems) 2000 – Lieve Arthur (drama) 2004 – Soms vaak (poetry) 2004 – Thuisreis (drama) 2024 – Kneedwezens (poetry)