Boutens, Pieter Cornelis
Pieter Cornelis Boutens (pē´tər kôrnā´lĬs bou´təns), 1870–1943, Dutch poet. His Verzen (1898) won him early praise. His impressionistic and mystical lyric verse was marked by rhythmic freedom. Boutens made extensive translations, particularly from Greek.
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BORN: 1900, Smyrna, Asia Minor
DIED: 1971, Athens, Greece
NATIONALITY: Greek
GENRE: Poetry, nonfiction
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