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The basics
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Intro
Dutch poet and writer
A.K.A.
Lambertus Jacobus Johannes Aafjes, Jan Oranje, L.J.J. Aafjes
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
12 May 1914(Amsterdam)
Death:
23 April 1993(Swolgen)
Residences
Kasteel Hoensbroek
Family:
Mother:
Nicolasina Aafjes
Father:
Johannes Aafjes
Spouse(s):
Tine Aafjes-Wesseling
The details
Biography
Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet whose work is marked by his devout Catholicism.
He wrote a five-book series featuring Japanese samurai Ōoka Tadasuke.
Aafjes was born in Amsterdam. He wrote poems on the resistance to the German occupation during the World War II. He died in Venlo.