What is Mischa de Vreede?
[[File:MischadeVreede (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Mischa de Vreede''' (17 September 1936 – 12 May 2020) was a Dutch [[poet]] and [[writer]]. She was born in [[Batavia]], [[Dutch East Indies]]. She made her debut in the collection of poetry ''Morgen mooi weer maken'' in 1957. In 1959 she was awarded the Herman Gorterprijs for the poem ''Een jong meisje droomt''. She wrote columns for, among others, [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]] radio, wrote children books reviews for ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'' and was a speaker for the organization Schrijvers School Samenleving. She also wrote travel reports for ''[[Vrij Nederland]]''. Her last novel was ''Heilige Dagen'' in 2007. Vreede died in [[Amsterdam]] on 12 May 2020 after a long-illness, aged 83.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/1751162660/schrijfster-en-dichteres-mischa-de-vreede-83-overleden |title=De Telegraaf |access-date=2020-05-14 |archive-date=2020-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514165519/https://www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/1751162660/schrijfster-en-dichteres-mischa-de-vreede-83-overleden |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vreede, Mischa de}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:Dutch columnists]] [[Category:Dutch novelists]] [[Category:Dutch poets]] [[Category:People from Batavia]] {{bio-stub}}