Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.
[1] She was born in Bergen[1] and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam.
[4] In 1978, de Waard published her first book of poems Afstand (Distance).
She was a founding member of the Anna Bijns Foundation, which awards a prize to a Dutch female writer.
She had a leading role in the group of women poets known as De Nieuwe Wilden (The New Savages).