{{short description|Dutch writer, poet and translator}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Jan Eekhout | image = JanEekhout.gif | image_size = | alt = | caption = Eekhout (1930) | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 10 January 1900 | birth_place = Sluis, The Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|03|06|1900|01|10|df=y}} | death_place = Amsterdam | resting_place = | occupation = Writer and translator | language = Dutch | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Pastoor Poncke | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }} '''Jan Henrik Eekhout''' (born 10 January 1900 in Sluis - died 6 March 1978 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer, poet and translator, particularly known as the author of the novel ''Pastoor Poncke'' ("Pastor Poncke"). During the Second World War Eekhout was a staunch Nazi.<ref>Bart FM Droog, [http://www.nederlandsepoezie.org/dichters/e/eekhout.html 'Jan H. Eekhout'], Nederlandse Poëzie Encyclopedie, 2017.</ref> However, the Dutch resistance fighter Jan "Poncke" Princen gained his nickname by reading aloud from this book to fellow-prisoners in a Nazi prison during World War II.

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== External links == * [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=eekh004 Profile and some works (DBNL)]

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