Same in NL: one of his translators was Simon Vestdijk, a prolific author and poet himself. In a way, his translations ruined Dutch literature for me: the fantas

Same in NL: one of his translators was Simon Vestdijk, a prolific author and poet himself. In a way, his translations ruined Dutch literature for me: the fantastic imagery of Poe and the lyrical translations of Vestdijk produced a combination that not many home-grown writers could match.