Contemporary Dutch Poetry: A Quiet Storm

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Grand Larcenies, Translations and Imitations of Ten Dutch Poets, edited and translated by P.C. Evans. Carcanet Press. £14.99. ISBN: 978-1800171329

Rinkeldekinkel, an anthology of Dutch Poetry, edited by Rob Schouten. Milkweed Editions. £11.75 (via Amazon.co.uk). ISBN: ‎ 978-1571315335

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In a Different Light, Fourteen Contemporarary Dutch-language Poets, edited by Rob Schouten and Robert Mnhinnick. Seren. ISBN: 1-854113135

100 Dutch-Language Poems, From the Medieval Period to the Present Day, selected and translated by Paul Vincent and John Irons. £14. Holland Park press. ISBN: 978-1907320491

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Although, worldwide, Dutch is the third most widely spoken Germanic language with some twenty million speakers in nearby Holland and Belgium, it is unlikely that most…

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