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By now you have figured out my age... This age doesn't bother me one
bit... Life has matured & educated me & given me peace of mind (finally...). Things haven't been easy, I
must admit. But now... now I am blessed, being allowed to live in a small place of Love & Light, a safe and fruitful place.
My father passed away in 1976, shortly after my baby-girl was born. She and I are thankful he still got to witness her first
smile. My mother died in 2002 at the age of 91, as I was studying at Leiden Univer-sity. She was a lovely wise woman, my friend
and haven... She used to sit at the first row, whenever I performed on stage. In 1936 mom & dad started a business
in Rotterdam. During Worldwar II, mom managed to keep things going, while dad - being a member of the Dutch resistance - was kept in a German camp. He survived and after the war their
store grew bigger and bigger and still exists today. The sons of my older brother run it now. About my looks...: I'm tall,
slender, darkhaired and darkeyed...
Schools...
1. Rotterdam: Kindergarten.
2. Rotterdam: Grammarschool (6 grades).
3. Rotterdam: Gymnasium (6 grades).
4. The Hague: College, study French.
5. Los Angeles: classes fine arts.
6. New York: classes fine arts.
7. Luxembourg: classes fine arts.
8. Leiden University: Dutch Linguistics,
Literature & Culture.
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Some of the 45 subjects
I studied at
Leiden University:
- Middle Dutch (1100-1500)
- Renaissance Dutch
- 19th century Dutch
- Modern Dutch Linguistics
- Historic Dutch Linguistics
- Linguistic Analysis
- Literature (1100-today)
- Colonial Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- Poetry (1100-today)
- Poetry Analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Dutch Dialectics
- South African Literature
- Science of books
- History
- Religion
- Mythology
- Philosophy
- Journalism
- Rethoric
- Presentation
- Youthliterature
- Symbolism
- History of Printing
- Classicism
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A short description
of the subjects
on the left:
- medieval texts
- reanaissance texts
- 19th century texts
- is a bit like mathematics...
- old texts are so intrigueing
- not so easy...
- great stuff!!!
- West & East Indian
- how they thougth of us...
- my favorite subject...
- my favorite subject...
- very interesting!
- Dutch knows many dialects!
- just wonderful!
- another favorite subject...
- bibleknowledge, history
- Greek & Roman
- from Plato to descartes etc.
- writing columns, critics etc.
- very interesting!
- so nice to do!
- a great subject!
- very interesting!
- also very interesting!
- international & great!
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Born: Rotterdam, May 8 1946
Where I lived...
1946-1966 Rotterdam
1966-1971 Heinenoord
1971-1974 Inglewood, L.A., California
1974-1976 Mineola, Long Island, N.Y.
1976-1983 Fischbach, Luxembourg
At this time I am living in a small countryvillage south of Rotterdam.
Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:
The pianist
Dr. Zhivago
Sense & Sensibility
Nell (Jodie Foster)
Children from a lesser God
Here's a list of some of my favorite music:
Max Bruch, Beethoven,
Grieg, St. Saens
Robbie Williams, Smetana, Tsjaikowski...
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