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Margot Vos
1891–1985
A Dutch poet and writer with strong socialist convictions, she turned the hardship she saw around her into clear, compassionate work for both adults and younger readers. Her poems and stories stayed closely tied to ordinary people and to a lifelong concern for the oppressed.
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Van vijf moderne dichters
by P. C. Boutens, Willem Kloos, Wies Moens, C. Th. (Carel Theodorus) Scharten, Margot Vos
About the author
Born as Grietje Vos in Nieuw-Amsterdam in 1891, she became known by the pen name Margot Vos. Reliable Dutch reference sources describe her as a Dutch socialist poet and writer, and note that she later died in Winterswijk in 1985.
She grew up in a large family with two parents who worked in education, and she herself also trained and worked as a teacher. That background, together with the poverty and hard living conditions she witnessed in the peat regions of Drenthe, helped shape the social commitment that ran through her writing.
Margot Vos published poetry as well as work for younger readers. Her writing is remembered for its warm, socially engaged tone and for its steady attention to people living under pressure or on the margins.