Poems by Albert Hagenaars (1955)
Albert Hagenaars was born on 7 April 1955 in the southern border town of Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) and was initially active as a visual artist and gallery owner. Besides poems, novels and translations, he also writes critical reviews on literature, modern visual art and travel/intercultural books for different newspapers and the National Library Service.
Several of his books have been translated, into German, English, French and Indonesian. Composers have also produced music to the work of Albert Hagenaars.
In 2007 he received the Sakko prize, an oeuvre award, which is provided by Tamoil Netherlands BV yearly