Hester Knibbe

{{short description|Dutch poet}}

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Hester Knibbe (born 6 January 1946) is a Dutch poet.

She was born in Harderwijk.{{cite web |url=http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=knib001 |title=Hester Knibbe |publisher=Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren |language=nl}} In 1982, Knibbe published her first collection of poetry Tussen gebaren en woorden (Between gestures and words). Her poetry has been included in various literary magazines and anthologies. 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 {{Interlanguage link multi|Herman Gorter Prize|nl|3=Herman Gorterprijs}}. In 2001, she received the Anna Blaman Prijs and, in 2009, the {{Interlanguage link multi|A. Roland Holst Prize|nl|3=A. Roland Holst-Penning}}.{{cite web |url=http://jacketmagazine.com/40/low-countries-knibbe.shtml |title=Hester Knibbe |publisher=Jacket 40 |year=2010}} The 2014 collection Archaïsch de dieren (Archaic the animals) received the VSB Poetry Prize. Knibbe served as the poet laureate for the city of Rotterdam.{{cite web |url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/4014 |title=Hester Knibbe |publisher=Poetry International Rotterdam |access-date=2015-09-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064528/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/4014 |url-status=usurped }}