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Margot Vos
1891–1985
A Dutch writer and poet whose work reached both children and adults, she built a long literary career across poetry, prose, and youth literature. Her life also included years of resistance work and imprisonment during the Second World War, experiences that shaped part of her writing.
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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 in 1891 in the Netherlands, Margot Vos became known as a poet and author who wrote for a wide readership, including children. Reference works on Dutch literature describe her as an established figure in twentieth-century Dutch letters, with publications in both poetry and prose.
During the Second World War, she was active in the resistance and was imprisoned in concentration camps. That wartime experience became an important part of her life story and gives extra depth to her body of work.
Vos died in 1985. She is remembered as a versatile literary voice whose career connected Dutch poetry, fiction, and children's literature across much of the twentieth century.