Ernst van Altena

Dutch poet

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Ernst van Altena
Ernst van Altena in 1968
Born	(1933-12-11)11 December 1933 Amsterdam
Died	15 June 1999(1999-06-15) (aged 65) Landsmeer

Ernst Rudolf van Altena (11 December 1933 – 15 June 1999) was a Dutch poet, writer and translator. He was best known for his translations of chansons by Jacques Brel.

References

van Altena, Rob (2009). "'Ik, die maandenlang Villon ben gewéést': Ernst van Altena tussen autobiografie en pseudologia fantastica" ['I, those months of Villon have been my first.' Ernst van Altena between autobiography and pathological lying]. De Parelduiker [nl] (in Dutch). Vol. 14. Retrieved 30 March 2023.