Hester Knibbe

[1] In 1982, Knibbe published her first collection of poetry Tussen gebaren en woorden (Between gestures and words).

Her 1994 collection Een hemd van vlees (A shirt of flesh) was nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize.

In 2000, her 1999 book Antidood (Anti-death) was awarded the Herman Gorter Prize [nl].

In 2001, she received the Anna Blaman Prijs and, in 2009, the A. Roland Holst Prize [nl].

[2] The 2014 collection Archaïsch de dieren (Archaic the animals) received the VSB Poetry Prize.