Henriette Roland Holst

Henriette Roland Holst
Henriette Roland Holst
	Portrait of Roland Holst by Michel de Klerk (1921)
Born	Henriette Goverdine Anna van der Schalk; 24 December 1869; Noordwijk, Netherlands
Died	21 November 1952 (aged 82); Amsterdam, Netherlands
Other names	Henriette Goverdine Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk; Jet;
Occupations	Poet; activist;
Political party	Social Democratic Workers' Party; Communist Party of the Netherlands;
Movement	Christian communism; council communism;
Spouse	Richard Roland Holst (m. 1896; died 1938)

Henriette Goverdine Anna "Jet" Roland Holst-van der Schalk (24 December 1869 – 21 November 1952) was a Dutch poet and communist. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

She had many noted relatives. Her husband was the artist Richard Roland Holst. The poet Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976), nicknamed "the Dutch Prince of Poets", was the nephew of her husband.

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