Neeltje Maria Min
(Bergen North Holland, 1944) published poems using the pen name Sophie Perk in Algemeen Handelsblad. Poet Ed Hoornik, who worked for the newspaper, contacted her. Shortly afterwards her poems appeared in the literary magazine De gids. Her debut was published in 1966. Selling eighty-thousand copies it was one of the most successful Dutch volumes of poetry in the 20th century. Her second volume appeared in 1985, followed by a third one in 1995.
Past events
The last journey
It happens a number of times a year in our country: a funeral where no one turns up. Alfred Schaffer presents poets who now write poems for these lonely funerals. With Frank Starik, Neeltje Maria Min and Anneke Brassinga. Dutch spoken.
