Abma, G(erben) Willem 1942-
*Indicates that a listing has been compiled from secondary sources believed to be reliable, but has not been personally verified for this edition by the author sketched.
ABMA, G(erben) Willem 1942-
(Daniël Daen)
PERSONAL: Born July 12,1942, in Folsgeare, Netherlands. Education: Attended school in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
ADDRESSES: Office—c/o Utjouwerij Frysk en Frij, Spoarstrkitte 132/B, 8933 CG Ljouwert, Netherlands.
CAREER: Poet, author, and editor.
AWARDS, HONORS: Gysbert Japicxpriis for poetry, 1973, for De âlde en de leave hear as lead om âld izer, Op libben en dea, and Mosken en Goaden; Rely Jorritsmapriis, 1983, for "Ôfskie."
WRITINGS:
De utfanhuzer, Osinga (Boalsert, Netherlands), 1962.
De gersidders, Osinga (Boalsert, Netherlands), 1969.
De nacht fan in leechrinner, Butenpost, 1973.
Leafde op Bitter-Lemon, Koperative Utjowerij (Bolsward, Netherlands), 1973.
Prosit, 1973.
En it barde, 1980.
In Satansbern, De Tille (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1981.
De Klinyk, De Tille (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1982.
De Onantaasting, De Tille (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1983.
De sprong, 1985.
Dieden, 1986.
(Editor, with Y. Kuiper and J. Rypkema) Tussen Goed en Fout. Nieuwe Gezichtspunten in de Geschiedschrijiving 1940-1945, T. Wever (Franeker, Netherlands), 1986.
Bist noait wa'st wieste, 1987.
Dea fan de moskefrou, 1987.
Freonen âder elkoar, 1993.
In nacht yn de Andes (thriller), illustrated by Willem Mook, Frysk en Frij (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1993.
De mafiaman (thriller), illustrated by Willem Mook, Frysk en Frij (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1994.
Moeting, Frysk en Frij (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1994.
Te fûnling, Frysk en Frij (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1999.
Kuiers of definysjes fian in ik. Proazagedichten, Frysk en Frij (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 2000.
"HEERD HISSEMA" SERIES
De oantaasting, 1983.
De Roekkat, 1986.
It Byldsje mei brieven oan Priscilla, 1988.
It Orakel, 1990.
POETRY; AS DANIËL DAEN
De âlde en de leave hear as lead om âld izer, 1970.
Op libben en dea, Miedema (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), 1970.
Mosken en Goaden, 1972.
Bûen it skûiif, 1973.
Fitraazjewrâld, 1975.
De iken fan Dodona, 1976.
Rûnen fan forjitnis, 1977.
Hjerstreach, 1979.
Nachtfeest, 1982.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Another book of poetry.
SIDELIGHTS: Dutch poet, author, and editor G. Willem Abma, who often writes verse under the pseudonym Daniël Daen, has garnered much critical success in the Netherlands for his work. Abma has published over twenty books, which include collections of poetry and a number of novels. Born July 12, 1942, in the Dutch town of Folsgeare, Abma published his first work in 1970. In 1973 he earned the prestigious Gysbert Japiexpriis for his first three collections of poetry: De âlde en de leave hear as lead om âld izer, Op libben en dea, and Mosken en Goaden, all published under the Daniël Daen pseudonym. In addition, he received the Rely Jorritsma Prize in 1983.
Abma's novels include several thrillers, one of which is 1995's De mafiaman. His literary credits also include Tussen Goed en Fout: Nieuwe Gezichtspunten in de Geschiedschrijiving 1940-1945, which he coedited. The book contains a number of articles about the Nazi occupation of the Dutch province of Friesland during World War II. Louis de Jong and Hans Blom, the latter a history professor at the University of Amsterdam, are among the contributors to the work.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
European History Quarterly, January, 1991, pp. 109-118.
OTHER
Frysk en Frij Web site,http://frys-en-frij.nl/ (June 6, 2001), "G. Willem Abma."
Frysk Letterkundich Museum en Dokumintaasjesintrum,http://www.flmd.nl/ (March 15, 2001).*