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Which writers led the Tachtigers movement in Dutch literature?
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The Tachtigers (the "Movement of the 1880s") was a significant literary renaissance in the northern Netherlands that began with the 1885 publication of the periodical De Nieuwe Gids. This movement was defined by its pursuit of an exclusively aesthetic ideal.1
The leaders of the movement were the poets Willem Kloos and Albert Verwey, alongside the lyrical and critical writer Lodewijk van Deyssel.12
Other prominent figures associated with the Tachtigers included:
* Frederik Willem van Eeden (dramatist, poet, and prose writer)
* Herman Gorter (noted for his 1889 poem "Mei")
* Pieter Cornelis Boutens (poet)
* Jan Hendrik Leopold (poet)1