Simon Heere Heeresma

Simon Heere Heeresma (born Amsterdam, March 9, 1932) is a Dutch author and poet.

His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called "Children's Room", but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation. Especially well received was his publication "Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating" of 1973.

"A Day at the Beach" (1962) was made into a movie twice: first in 1970 by Roman Polanski ("A Day at the Beach") and in 1984 by Dutch cineast Theo van Gogh (film director).

Bibliography

*"Children's Room" (1954)
*"A Day at the Beach" (1962)
*"The Fish" (1963)
*"Jewels of Water Paint" (1965)
*"Hip hip hip for the Antichrist" (1969)
*"At Last in Dublin" (1969)
*"Han de Wit goes into Development Aid" (1972)
*"Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating" (1973)
*"Once and Never Again..." (1979)
*"A Hot Ice Salon" (1982)
*"Happy Couples" (1984)
*"Shaved Shame" (1987)
*"Helemaal Heeresma" (1997)

Publications

*"These verses and poems, that poetry too" (1974)
*"Totally Heeresma" (1978)
*"Autobiographical" (1983)