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Jan Kal (Johannes Pieter Kal), born in Haarlem on December 18, 1946, is a Dutch poet living in Amsterdam. Along with others like Gerrit Komrij, Jan Kuijper and Jean-Pierre Rawie, he has helped revive the sonnet in Dutch literature, and substantially all of Kal's work is in sonnet form. His earliest published work dates from 1966, and his first volume of sonnets, Fietsen op de Mont Ventoux ("Cycling up Mont Ventoux") was published in 1974. His range of styles and subjects is wide, including love poetry and occasional poetry (notably celebrating sportsmen Ard Schenk, Joop Zoetemelk and Johan Cruijff). His poetry tends to humorous irony as well as, at times, melancholy. To English-speaking readers with some knowledge of Dutch, perhaps his most accessible poems are his many sonnet versions of American popular songs, including those of Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan and his favourite, Frank Sinatra.