Eva Gerlach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eva Gerlach

Dutch poet and translator

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1948

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Eva Gerlach (born April 9, 1948) is a Dutch poet.
She also writes under the name Margaret Dijkstra.She was born in Amsterdam.
In 1979, she published her first collection of poetry Verder geen leed (No Further Distress) in 1979.
It was awarded the Lucy B.
and C.W.
van der Hoogt Prize in 1981.
In 2000, she received the P.
C.
Hooft Award for her work.
In 1999 she won the Nienke van Hichtum-prijs for Hee meneer Eland. Her work has appeared in various literary magazines and English translations of her poetry were included in the anthologies Women Writing in Dutch (1994) and Turning Tides (1994).In 2016 she won the Awater Poëzieprijs for her work Ontsnappingen.