Huub van der Lubbe

(Amsterdam, 1953) is a poet and a singer with pop group De Dijk and one of the three members of the poets' society Concordia. In February 2013 Simpel verlangen (Simple longing) appeared, his first solo album based on songs from Iemand als jij (Someone like you) - his first theatre tour in 2012. In 2013 Van der Lubbe again hit the theatres with his successful programme of songs and poetry. The lyrics which he had been writing from 1981 onwards for De Dijk were anthologised in 1995 in Melkboer met de blues (Milkman with the blues). In 2003 Geregeld leven (A settled life) appeared. Followed a year later with the Concordia anthology Versterkte Gedichten (Amplified poems) and in 2010 by Guichelheil (Pimpernel). In it Van der Lubbe combined song texts with new poems and translated poetry. In 2011 he was a member of the jury of the Turing National Poem Contest. In addition to being a singer and poet Van der Lubbe is an actor. In 1986 he performed in the Oscar winning film De Aanslag (The Assault) and recently he acted in the tv series Dokter Deen.