Fedde Schurer
| Fedde Schurer | |
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| Born | 25 July 1898 Drachten (Netherlands) |
| Died | 19 March 1968 (aged 69) Heerenveen (Netherlands) |
| Occupation | poet, writer (also school-teacher, journalist and politician) |
| Language | West Frisian |
| Nationality |
 Western Frisian
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| Citizenship |
 Dutch
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| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | poetry, short stories, drama |
| Notable works |
Fersen Simson |
| Years active | 1920–1968 |
| Spouse | Willemke de Vries |
| Children | Andries Schurer (adopted) |
Fedde Schurer (Frisian pron. [ˈfɛdə ˈskyːrər]; Dutch pron. [ˈfɛdə ˈsxyːrər]) (Drachten, 25 July 1898 – Heerenveen, 19 March 1968) was a Dutch schoolteacher, journalist, language activist and politician, and one of the most influential poets in the West Frisian language of the 20th century.
From 1904 on, Schurer grew up in the Frisian fishing village of Lemmer, and from a young age worked as a carpenter. Through self-education in the evenings he studied to become a schoolteacher, and in 1919, he was appointed in that position to the local Christian elementary school in Lemmer. His wife Willemke "Willy" de Vries, who was also a schoolteacher, and his colleague at this school, he had actually met when he was still a carpenter's apprentice, as she was the girl who delivered the newspaper at the carpenter's workshop everyday. Schurer and Willy were married on 1 July 1924.
In 1930, his openly pacifist stance caused Schurer to lose his job, after which he moved to Amsterdam, where he was appointed to a state-run school. He was a talented orator, and his pacifist and socialist views were seen as a danger to society at that time, which is why the BVD, the Dutch secret service, started a file om him. Schurer joined the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), a Christian-socialist splinter party, and in 1935–1936 he served as a member of the provincial assembly of North Holland for a year. In World War II he was involved with the Dutch resistance in Amsterdam, where his house was used as a temporary hiding place for people wanted by the Nazis, before they could be smuggled out of the city.
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