Jotie T'Hooft
Johan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft | |
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| Born | 9 May 1956 Oudenaarde, Belgium |
| Died | 6 October 1977 (aged 21) Bruges, Belgium |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Neo-romanticism |
Johan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft (9 May 1956 – 6 October 1977) was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet. He is well known for his hippie/junkie lifestyle, death-related poetry and early death at age 21 from a drug-related suicide. These elements have made him a legend in his native country. His life and death by overdose were made into a movie, the English title Junkie's Sorrow.