Hans Verhagen

Hans Verhagen
Portrait of Verhagen
Verhagen in 2008
Born(1939-03-03)3 March 1939
Vlissingen, Netherlands
Died10 April 2020(2020-04-10) (aged 81)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationJournalist, poet, painter, filmmaker
LanguageDutch
NationalityDutch
Notable awardsP. C. Hooft Award (2009)
Verhagen with work, 1996.

Hans Verhagen (3 March 1939 – 10 April 2020[1]) was a Dutch journalist, poet, painter and filmmaker, born in Vlissingen. He gained the P. C. Hooft Award in 2009 "for his humour, his engagement, his poetic daring and whimsy."[2]

  1. ^ In Vlissingen geboren dichter Hans Verhagen overleden: ‘Zonder overdrijving de grootste dichter van Nederland’ (in Dutch)
  2. ^ P.C. Hooft-prijs naar Hans Verhagen, NRC, 11 december 2008