Leo Vroman

Leo Vroman

Leo Vroman (born april 10 1915) is an Dutch-American hematologist and poet. Vroman was born in Gouda and he studied biology in Utrecht. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10 1940, he fled to London. From there he traveled to the Dutch East Indies. He finished his studies in Batavia. After the Japanese occupied Indonesia he was interned and stayed in several prisoner-of-war camps.

After the war, Vroman went to New York where he worked as a hematology researcher. He has been an American citizen since 1951.

In 1946, he published in his first poems in Holland. He has since won almost every Dutch poetry prize possible.

In 2003, his former school, "de Goudse ScholenGemeenschap" (GSG), changed its name into "de Goudse ScholenGemeenschap Leo Vroman" (GSG Leo Vroman), to honour their famous student.

Poetry

*Misschien tot morgen - dagboek 2003-2006("See you tomorrow, maybe - diary 2003-2006")

Scientific Works by Vroman

*Surface contact and thromboplastin formation (1958).
* Blood (1967).

External links

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=21t7MxRMivwC&pg=PR7&lpg=PR7&dq=%22leo+vroman%22+%2Bblood&source=web&ots=9vAuAmVjf_&sig=VJgAb8j4_8hMy0dT36WDnWo85Qo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result The Vroman Effect by C. H. Bamford, S. L. Cooper, T. Tsuruta, 1992]

* [http://netherlands.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=4025 Poetry International on Vroman]


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