M. H. Benders Biography | Poet

Martinus Hendrikus (Martijn) Benders (born 23 July 1971, Helmond [1] ) is a Dutch poet who currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey. [2] M.H. Benders was one of the first Dutch poets that worked with multimedia on the internet and exploited one of the most critical literary sites, Loewak. He won the Meervaart Price for Literature in 1994 and the Dunya Price for Literature in 2003. However, instead of collecting these prices himself he sent Dikke Dennis to read poetry pretending to be M.H.Benders. On another occasion the Dutch composer Samuel Vriezen performed pretending to be Benders with a fake moustache .