Dutch poet (born 1940)
Elly de Waard (born September 8, 1940) is a Dutch poet.
She was born in Bergen and was educated at the Murmellius Gymnasium and the University of Amsterdam. From 1965 to 1984, she was a rock music critic for the Dutch daily newspaper "de Volkskrant" and the Dutch weekly magazine "Vrij Nederland". She also served on a jury which awarded the Dutch Edison music awards in 1972. In 1978, de Waard published her first book of poems "Afstand" (Distance). She was a founding member of the Anna Bijns Foundation, which awards a prize to a Dutch female writer. She had a leading role in the group of women poets known as De Nieuwe Wilden (The New Savages).
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