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Martijn Zwart Scholarship Fund

MARTIJN ZWART, a Dutch scholar from Rotterdam, has lived in the United States for many years.  A former professor of language and linguistics, Zwart has contributed to two volumes of English translation from the German, Anthology of German Poetry and A Treasury of German Ballads, and has published translations of Dutch poetry in various periodicals.

The Martijn Zwart Fund provides a scholarship for summer language study in the Netherlands.

 

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You can help support Dutch Studies at the University of Michigan by purchasing this extraordinary book of Dutch poetry and accompanying CDs.  All proceeds will be added to the principal of the Martijn Zwart Scholarship Fund for support of summer language study in the Netherlands.

Kaleidoscope: Dutch Poetry in Translation from Medieval Times to the Present

paperback, 256 pp. & 3 CDs: $35.00 plus 6% sales tax (Michigan residents only) and $5.00 Shipping/Handling if applicable. Please call 734.764.8018 to order or mail/fax this order form (pdf).

 

Poetry has long been one of the most important literary genres in the Netherlands, and although of very high quality, Dutch verse remains almost unknown beyond its borders.  This collection of more than one hundred Dutch poems in English translation begins with a selection from the best known medieval pieces, and includes most of the major poets of the ensuing centuries: Roemer Visscher, Vondel, Huygens, Gezelle, Kloos, and Verwey, among many others.  Kaleidoscope, which includes the original Dutch text of each poem, finally opens the spectrum of Dutch poetry to English-speaking readers, whose only access thus far has been limited to translations of contemporary verse. 

 

Translated by Martijn Zwart

Together with Ethel Grene

Collaborating on the present work is ETHEL GRENE, an American with a strong interest in language and poetry, who is also a fluent Dutch speaker. 

Poetry should also be heard!  This unique compact disk collection brings to life the beautiful sounds of the Dutch language as spoken by Ton Broos. Each poem in Dutch is followed by a fine rendition of the English translation by Nicholas Rudall, Professor of Classics and founder of the Court Theater in Chicago.

 

Dutch Narrator Ton Broos

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