Background
Korteweg, Antonie Johannes was born on January 31, 1944 in Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Son of Arie Korteweg and Lijntje Clazina Munters.
Korteweg, Antonie Johannes was born on January 31, 1944 in Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Son of Arie Korteweg and Lijntje Clazina Munters.
Doctorate in General Literature, State University Leiden, Netherlands, 1971.
Teacher Secondary School, Leiden, 1971—1977. Science officer modern Dutch literature State University Leiden, 1977—1979. Head curator Netherland Literature Museum, The Hague, 1979—1986, director, since 1986.
Chairman Jan Campert Foundation, The Hague, since 1987. Secretary Willem Kloos Foundation, The Hague, since 1979. Co-presenter Night of Poetry, Utrecht, since 1995.
Married Marianne Henriëtte Schaaf. Children: Christine, Anton.