Albert Megens
Albert Megens (23 August 1939 – 15 January 2023) was a Dutch poet.[1][2]
Albert Megens | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 August 1939 Boxtel, Netherlands |
| Died | 15 January 2023 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | poet |
| Years active | 1962-2022 |
Megens was born in the Boxtel municipality between Boxtel and Esch. His mother died young at the age of 45 when Megens was sixteen years old. His wrote poetry between 1962 and 2022. The main theme in his poems was the earth and the sky and numerous connections between them. In his poetry, his father stood for the earth and his mother represented life after death.[1] Megens published his last collection of poems on his eightieth birthday on 23 August 2019. The collection named Tachtig bij tachtig (translated: eighty at eighty) included eighty poems selected from his oeuvre since 1962.[3][1]
Megens worked as a teachter at voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs.[1] He was married for over fifty years to Trees. They had three daughters and six grandchilderen.[4] They lived in Kaatsheuvel. After an illness his wife died at the end of 2022. Megens died from an aneurysm on 15 January 2023, at the age of 83.[1][4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dichter Albert Megens (83) overleden". Brabant Cultureel (in Nederlands). 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ "Verhalen en gedichten uit twee dorpen". Brabants Dagblad (in Nederlands). 26 November 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via albertmegens.nl.
- ↑ "Bloemlezing gedichten van Albert Megens (80) in 'Tachtig bij tachtig'". Brabants Dagblad (in Nederlands). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Albert Megens (83) maakte met taal de dood lichter". Algemeen Dagblad (in Nederlands). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ "In Boxtel geboren dichter Albert Megens (1939-2023) overleden". Brabants Centrum. 18 January 2023.