Gerard Stigter

author

Dutch^[1,2] b. 6 November 1936, Amsterdam, Netherlands^[1,2] d. 12 August 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands^[3] active 1958–2021

Gerard Stigter, writing under the pseudonym K. Schippers, was a Dutch poet, prose writer, and art critic. He entered the Dutch literary scene in 1958 as an editor of the unconventional magazine Barbarber. Schippers was known for introducing the readymade as a poetic form and for his ability to examine everyday objects and events through a new lens, frequently blurring the boundaries between literature and visual arts.^[1,3]

• readymades
• everyday objects
• literary innovation