Jacoba Eggink

1914–1997 (age 83)

Biography

With a delicate sense of observation, Jacoba Eggink's poetry captured the quiet pulses of the Sloterkerk community and the broader Dutch landscape during a century of upheaval.

Her verses offered solace through wartime memories and peacetime joys, leaving a legacy still cherished by readers who stroll the churchyard of the Sloterkerk.

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