Elly de Waard

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).