Holmes, James S.

James S. Holmes
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Name	Holmes, James S. Gender: M
Birthname	James Stratton Holmes
born on	2 May 1924 at 08:45 (= 08:45 AM )
Place	Collins, Iowa, 41n54, 93w18
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	11°54' 27°03 Asc. 09°48'

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James S. Holmes (1981)
photo: Thor NL (Tom Ordelman), license gfdl

Biography

American-Dutch poet, translator, and translation scholar, he sometimes published his work using his real name James S. Holmes, and other times the pen names Jim Holmes and Jacob Lowland. In 1956 he was the first non-Dutch translator to receive the prestigious Martinus Nijhoff Award, the most important recognition given to translators of creative texts from or into Dutch.

In 1984, in the midst of the One World Poetry demonstration, he organized an evening called "Poetry Gone Gay", in which he read some of his works dealing with homosexuality and eroticism. He found it extremely liberating to be able to show that part of his personality to the audience, and especially to obtain recognition and approval from it.

James S. Holmes lived with his partner Hans van Marle in the Netherlands. Holmes died from AIDS on 6 November 1986 in Amsterdam at age 62.

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Events

• Death by Disease 6 November 1986 (AIDS, age 62)
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Source Notes

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.

Categories

• Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Youngest of four)

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex (Hans van Marle)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Grant, Scholarship, etc. (Fulbright exchange teacher)

• Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate

• Passions : Sexuality : Gay

• Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Prison sentence

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (AIDS)

• Personal : Misc. : Changed name

• Vocation : Military : Pacifist/ Objector (Refused military service)

• Vocation : Writers : Poet

• Vocation : Writers : Translator

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award