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- Remco Campert was born on July 28, 1929 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for Alle dagen feest (1976), Het gangstermeisje (1966) and Somberman's aktie (1999). He died on July 4, 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- ChildrenEmanuella Campert
- RelativesVita Boers(Grandchild)Elise Boers(Grandchild)Vita Cleo(Grandchild)
- His father Jan Campert (1902 - 1943) was a member of the resistance during WOII. He left his family when Remco was 3 years old, died in 1943 in concentration camp Neuengamme.
- Son of 'Jan Campert' and Joekie Broedelet
- He and his mother returned to Amsterdam after World War II in 1945, after having spent the three preceding years in the town of Epe. In Amsterdam, he started a secondary education at the Amsterdam Lyceum, occasionally writing articles or drawing comics for the school's newspaper.
- As the years went on, he skipped more and more classes and spent increasing amounts of time in cinemas, jazz clubs or pubs. He finally left school without graduating.
- He was the son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem De achttien dooden.
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