Suhertema

Japanese: スヘルテマ

1877‐1924
Dutch poet. Born in Amsterdam, he worked as a medical student, actor, and art dealer before devoting himself to poetry. After a long life abroad, he settled in Bergen (North Holland), where he died. At the end of the 19th century, he became a socialist poet along with Holter and Roland Holst, but unlike them, he considered socialism to be the basis of a new art form that could be understood by the masses. His simple, optimistic poems, such as Sun and Summer (1902) and Silence and Struggle (1909), which proclaimed lyricism and socialist ideals, made him popular with the masses, but his true nature was rather melancholic.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1877‐1924
オランダの詩人。アムステルダムに生まれ，医学生，俳優，美術商を経たのち詩作に専念した。長い外国生活ののち，ベルヘン(北ホラント州)に住み，同地で没。19世紀末ホルテル，ローラント･ホルストらとともに社会主義詩人となったが，両者と異なり，社会主義を大衆に了解される新しい芸術の基礎と考えた。《太陽と夏》(1902)，《静けさと闘争》(1909)などにみられる平明で楽天的な詩は抒情と社会主義の理想をうたい大衆の人気を得たが，彼の本性はむしろメランコリックであった。

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