Anna Enquist 
Author

Poems

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EEN MENIGTE dutch

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ZWANGER dutch

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TWEEDE WINTER dutch

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NERGENS dutch

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NIEUWS dutch

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ESSENTIE VAN HET MISSEN dutch

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BINNEN dutch

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PRIJS DE HOOGTE dutch

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VERZOEK AAN DE SCHILDER dutch

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SECTIE dutch

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Anna Enquist 
Author

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* 19.07.1945, Amsterdam, Netherlands
lives in: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anna Enquist (1945) made her debut as a poet in 1991, and now has eight collections of poetry to her name. She received the C. Buddingh Prize for her first publication Soldatenliederen (Soldiers’ Songs), and the Lucy B. and C.W. Van der Hoogt Prize for her subsequent collection Jachtscènes (Hunting Scenes). Her volumes of poetry have reached an exceptionally large public, as have her novels Het meesterstuk (The Masterpiece, 1994) and Het geheim (The Secret), selling over 100,000 copies. Enquist combines writing with her work as a psychoanalyst.

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In an interview Enquist herself made a link between her psychoanalytical work and her poetry. In both cases, explained the poet, it is a question of finding a balance between analysis and feeling. The poet exlpores the bilingualism between technical and emotional language. The enormous response provoked by her work and the prizes she has received for it testify to her having succeeded in striking a balance between the two. Enquist writes lucid poems, about growing older, motherhood, seeing time slipping through your fingers and the helplessness of not being able to do anything about it. However, the tone of her poetry is fierce and dogged.

Enquist’s poems have been published in translation in eleven countries, among which Germany, England, France, Spain and the US.

Publications
  • Soldatenliederen

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 1991

  • Jachtscènes

    Amsterdam : De Arbeiderspers, 1992

  • Een nieuw afscheid

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 1994

  • Klaarlichte dag

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 1996

  • De gedichten 1991-2000

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2000

  • De tweede helft

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2000

  • De erfenis van meneer De Leon

    CD, with Ivo Janssen

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2002

  • Kom dichterbij

    CD, with Ivo Janssen

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2002

  • Hier was vuur

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2002

  • De tussentijd

    Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2004

Awards
  • 1992 C. Buddingh Prijs

  • 1993 Lucy B. and C.W. Van der Hoogt Prijs

  • 1995 Debutantenprijs

  • 1997 Trouw Publieksprijs

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