Judith Frieda Lina Herzberg (born 4 November 1934) is a Dutch poet and writer.
Life and work
Judith Herzberg is the daughter of lawyer and writer Abel Herzberg.[1] During World War II Herzberg went into hiding on various locations. Since 1983 Herzberg lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel.[1] She mainly writes poems and plays, and also works on films. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland. Two years later, she published her first poetry collection, Zeepost.[2] She also wrote the plays Leedvermaak, Charlotte and Rijgdraad, which were made into films by Frans Weisz. Charlotte is about the painter Charlotte Salomon who was murdered in Auschwitz.[3] In 1997 Herzberg received the P. C. Hooft Award for her entire oeuvre.[2]