Lucebert (1924–1994) was born in Amsterdam. Active in the Dutch Resistance in the Second World War, he began experimenting with abstract drawing and painting and poetry during this time. As a painter, he was a founder member of the postwar Experimental Group Holland in 1948, known internationally as CoBrA. As a poet, he is one of the luminaries of the Dutch Fiftiers Movement, with his first collection triangel in de jungle/de dieren der democratie published in 1951. Further collections include: apocrief/de analphabetische naam (1952), amulet (1957), and troost de hysterische robot: Gedichten en een oratorium (1989). A major figure in postwar Dutch public culture, Lucebert’s Collected Poems was published in 2002. Previous English translations of Lucebert’s poetry include: The Tired Lovers They Are Machines translated by Peter Nijmeijer (Transgravity Press, 1974) and Weapons in the Grass: Selected Poems, translated by Peter Nijmeijer, James S. Holmes, Scott Rollins, and others (Green Integer Press, 2006).