Jacob Israël de Haan - Libertijnsche liederen
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Jacob Israël de Haan - Libertijnsche liederen - Amsterdam - P.N. van Kampen & Zoon - 1914 - 1st edition - [4], 96, [4] pp - Paper wrappers - 15 x 20,5 cm.
Condition: Fragile - the cover is browned and with wear.
First full-length collection of poems by Jacob Israël de Haan (1881-1924), full of homosexual themes and divided into four pieces; 1. Antwerpsche Libertijnen; 2. Sophocles en de jonge slaaf; 3. Escal-Vigor; 4. Pindarus' dood. With table of contents.
De Haan had been publishing youth work since 1900, but only after his novels fell into oblivion did he focus entirely on poetry. 'Libertijnsche liederen' is inspired by novels by the Belgian writer Georges Eekhoud.
¶ In 1919, Jacob Israël de Haan emigrated as a Zionist to Palestine, where he changed camps and spoke out for a peaceful end to the antagonism between Jews and Arabs. This cost him his life in 1924 when he was shot on the orders of Itzhak Ben-Zvi (1884-1963), the later second president of Israel.
