ities ▁and ▁colleg es ▁in ▁British ▁Columbia ▁Category : Def unct ▁univers ities ▁and ▁colleg es ▁in ▁Canada ▁Category : E ducation ▁in ▁Kel own a ▁Category : Univers ities ▁and ▁colleg es ▁in ▁the ▁Ok an agan <0x0A> </s> ▁Simon ▁V est d ijk ▁( ; ▁ 1 7 ▁October ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁– ▁ 2 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Dutch ▁writer . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁Nobel ▁prize ▁in ▁literature ▁fifteen ▁times . ▁ ▁Life ▁Born ▁in ▁the ▁small ▁F ris ian ▁town ▁of ▁Har lingen , ▁V est d ijk ▁studied ▁medicine ▁in ▁Amsterdam , ▁but ▁turned ▁to ▁literature ▁after ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁doctor . ▁He ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁writers ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁His ▁pro l ific ness ▁as ▁a ▁novel ist ▁was ▁legend ary , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁important ▁as ▁an ▁ess ay ist ▁on ▁e . g ., ▁literature , ▁religion , ▁art , ▁and ▁music ▁in ▁particular . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁much ▁poetry ▁and ▁short ▁stories . ▁His ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁most ▁Western ▁European ▁languages . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁( books ▁in ▁English ) ▁▁ ▁Simon ▁V est d ijk : ▁On ▁the ▁poet ▁Em ily ▁Dick inson . ▁Trans l . ▁by ▁Peter ▁Tw yd ell . ▁Do orn , ▁My cent a ▁Vit ilis , ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁( Or ig . ▁pub l