Gerrit Kouwenaar

Dutch writer (1923-2014).

Born August 9th, 1923 in Amsterdam. [ref]

Died September 4th, 2014 at 91 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, poet, resistance fighter, screenwriter, translator, writer
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan