Bertus Aafjes

Bertus Aafjes
Born
Lambertus Jacobus Johannes Aafjes

(1914-05-12)May 12, 1914
Amsterdam, Netherlands
DiedApril 22, 1993(1993-04-22) (aged 78)
Swolgen, Netherlands
OccupationPoet
Writing career
LanguageDutch
Bertus Aafjes (1965)

Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 22, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II.

Aafjes was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daughters and 1 son. He died in Swolgen.

Aafjes wrote a five-book series featuring Japanese samurai Ōoka Tadasuke. His work is marked by his devout Catholicism, but he also scripted the comics Mannetje Bagatel (1946) and Kleine Isar, de Vierde Koning (1962) for Eppo Doeve , as well as Peter-kersen-eter (1943) and De Vrolijke Vaderlandse Geschiedenis (1948) for Piet Worm.

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References

  1. ↑ Ho-Ling Wong, Judge Ooka in the East and West, CRIMINALELEMENT.COM
  2. ↑ "Eppo Doeve".
  3. ↑ "Piet Worm".