Herman Gorter
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1864 – 1927
Who was Herman Gorter?
Herman Gorter was a Dutch poet and socialist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880s, centered on De Nieuwe Gids.
Gorter's first book, a 4,000 verse epic poem called "Mei", sealed his reputation as a great writer upon its publication in 1889, and is regarded as the pinnacle of Dutch Impressionist literature. Gorter rapidly followed this up with a book of short lyric poetry simply called "Verzen" in 1890, which, after the initial bad reviews, was equally hailed as a masterpiece.
Gorter shared in common with the Tachtigers an interest in leftist politics, and became the most politically involved of the group, becoming an active writer on socialist theory. He joined the Social Democratic Labour Party in 1897. In 1909 he participated in a schism from the SDAP to form the Social-Democratic Party of the Netherlands. He wrote a massive new epic poem called Pan in 1912, describing the First World War being followed by a global Socialist revolution. In 1917, he hailed the Russian revolution as the beginning of that global revolution, although he soon afterward came to oppose Lenin.
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- Born
- Nov 26, 1864
Wormerveer - Also known as
- Гортер, Герман
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- Zaanstad
- Died
- Sep 15, 1927
Brussels
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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