Lambertus Jozef Bakker (Huizum (Leeuwarden), 3 April 1912 — Ilpendam

Ilpendam

Ilpendam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Waterland, and lies about 4 km south of Purmerend.-History:The man standing highlighted at center on Rembrandts Night Watch painting is Frans Banning Cocq...

, 19 September 1969) was a Dutch

Dutch people

The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...

 writer and publisher in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. He wrote literary studies, two novels, poetry, and children's books. In World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 he was involved in the Dutch Resistance

Dutch resistance

Dutch resistance to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II can be mainly characterized by its prominent non-violence, summitting in over 300,000 people in hiding in the autumn of 1944, tended to by some 60,000 to 200,000 illegal landlords and caretakers and tolerated knowingly...

 and assisted in the (illegal at the time) publication of Vrij Nederland

Vrij Nederland

Vrij Nederland is a Dutch magazine which was established during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II as an underground newspaper but has since grown into a magazine. The weekly magazine is generally considered to be intellectually left-wing...

. After the war he founded a publishing company

Bert Bakker (publishing company)

Bert Bakker was a Dutch publishing company whose main focus is on literature and language. It was founded by Bert Bakker in 1953. While being part of PCM Uitgevers, it merged with Prometheus, until the two became independent again in 2007.-History:...

 under his own name; his nephew, also named Bert Bakker, ran the company until 1993. In 1953 he founded the literary magazine Maatstaf

Maatstaf

Maatstaf was a Dutch literary magazine, founded in 1953 by Bert Bakker. Bakker, who was the magazine's first editor, is credited with bringing in poets such as Ida Gerhardt...

, which he edited until 1969. He (along with fellow publisher Geert van Oorschot) was described as a "living legend" in the Dutch publishing industry, having supported and published authors such as Adriaan Roland Holst

Adriaan Roland Holst

Adriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize...

, Martinus Nijhoff

Martinus Nijhoff

Martinus Nijhoff was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was made in 1916 with his volume De wandelaar...

, Gerrit Achterberg

Gerrit Achterberg

Gerrit Achterberg was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of nine children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition. His father was a coach...

, and Neeltje Maria Min.

Books

• Au revoir (1934, poetry)
• De spannende zomer van Botte Spoelstra (1935, children's book)
• Drijfzand (1935, novel)
• Een held op sokken (1935, children's book)
• Reizigers (1935)
• Sjefs eerste luchtreis (1935, children's book)
• Ieder is alleen (1937, novel)
• A. Roland Holst (1958)
• S. Vestdijk (1958)
• J. Slauerhoff (1961)
• Pierre Kemp (1961)
• Anna Blaman (1966)

External links

• Bert Bakker at the Digital library for Dutch literature
  Digital library for Dutch literature
  The Digital Library for Dutch Literature is a website about Dutch language and Dutch literature. The website contains thousands of literary texts, secondary literature and additional information, like biographies, portrayals etcetera, and hyperlinks...
  
  

Bert Bakker (uitgever)