James S. Holmes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James S. Holmes

Dutch author and poet

Date of Birth: 02-May-1924

Place of Birth: Collins, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1986

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

James Stratton Holmes (2 May 1924 – 6 November 1986) was an American-Dutch poet, translator, and translation scholar.
He sometimes published his work using his real name James S.
Holmes, and other times the pen names Jim Holmes and Jacob Lowland.
In 1956 he was the first non-Dutch translator to receive the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff Award, the most important recognition given to translators of creative texts from or into Dutch.