A Perfect Distortion Een Perfecte Vervorming |
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| Author:
| Elliott-Kleerkoper, Marietta |
| ISBN: | 978-1-925272-17-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Hybrid Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Marietta Elliott-Kleerkoper was born in Amsterdam on the last day of 1937, the elder of two girls. The family suvived the Holocaust and immigrated to Australia in 1949.Marietta taught foreign languages and English as a Second Language in schools and universities and worked as a freelance editor. She has been published in Australia and the Netherlands and ha s won several poetry prizes, including the Victorian Cancer Council's 'Daffodil Day'Award (2004). Her first, Dutch-English,...
More DescriptionMarietta Elliott-Kleerkoper was born in Amsterdam on the last day of 1937, the elder of two girls. The family suvived the Holocaust and immigrated to Australia in 1949.Marietta taught foreign languages and English as a Second Language in schools and universities and worked as a freelance editor. She has been published in Australia and the Netherlands and ha s won several poetry prizes, including the Victorian Cancer Council's 'Daffodil Day'Award (2004). Her first, Dutch-English, collection: Island of wakefulness / Eiland van waakzaamheid, appeared with Hybrid Publishers in 2006. Her breast cancer has recently metastasised to the spine.