Willem Kloos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willem Kloos

Dutch poet

Date of Birth: 06-May-1859

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1938

Profession: writer, poet, literary critic

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos (Dutch pronunciation: [klo?s]; 6 May 1859 – 31 March 1938) was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic.
He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of De Nieuwe Gids after the editorial fracture in 1893.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.