Albert Alberts
Albert Alberts , written as A. Alberts (born August 23, 1911 in Haarlem , † December 16, 1995 in Amsterdam ), was a Dutch writer, translator and journalist. He won numerous awards over the course of his career, including the Constantijn Huygensprijs in 1975.
Life
Alberts studied Indology at the Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht and after graduating in 1936 worked for several years as an official for the Colonial Ministry in Paris. In 1939 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the conflict between the Dutch politicians Jean Chrétien Baud and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke from 1847 to 1851 . In the same year he embarked on the MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and went to the Dutch East Indies to remain there as a civil servant. After his internment by the Japanese on Java from April 1942 to September 1945, he returned to the Netherlands in 1946. Here he worked first as a civil servant, then from 1953 as editor of De Groene Amsterdammer . In 1953 his first book was published: Die Insel - a volume with stories about everyday life in the colony.
Honors
- 1953 Prose Prize of the City of Amsterdam
- 1973 Marianne Philips Prize
- 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize
- 1994 Silver Medal of Honor from the University of Utrecht
- 1995 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft Prize
Works
Books
- 1938 Baud and Thorbecke 1847–1851 (dissertation)
- 1953 De eilanden (The Islands)
- 1954 De bomen (The Trees)
- 1962 name noemen (according to name)
- 1963 De Franse slag (The French Battle) also published under the titles Aan Frankrijk uitgeleverd ( Delivered to France) and Aan Frankrijk uitgeleend ( Lent to France)
- 1963 Wilhelmina, Koningin der Nederlanden (Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands)
- 1964 King Willem II
- 1964 King Willem III
- 1965 Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
- 1967 Laten we vrede sluiten (Let's make peace)
- 1968 Het einde van een verhouding (The end of a relationship)
- 1973 De huzaren van Castricum
- 1973 Leven op de rand (Life on the Edge)
- 1974 De vergaderzaal
- 1975 De Hollanders komen ons vermoorden (The Dutch are coming to murder us)
- 1976 Een koning the van geen nee wil hear
- 1976 Haast hebben in September (Hast in September)
- 1978 De vergaderzaal (vierde printed)
- 1979 De honden hunt no sea
- 1979 By mailboat to the Oost. Reizen met de Lloyd en de Nederland tussen 1920 en 1940, Bussum, De Boer Maritiem / Unieboek (Eastbound by post boat)
- 1981 Maar geel en glanzend blijft het goud
- 1982 Het zand voor de kust van Aveiro
- 1983 De Utrechtse herinneringen van A. Alberts
- 1984 De zilveren kogel
- 1986 Inleiding dead de kennis van de ambtenaar
- 1987 A venster op het Buitenhof
- 1989 Een kolonie is ook maar een mens (A colony is only one person)
- 1990 Op weg naar het zoveelste Reich
- 1991 De vrouw met de parasol (The woman with the parasol)
- 1992 Libretto voor een gewezen koningin ( Libretto for a former queen)
- 1992 Twee jaargetijden minder (Two seasons less)
Movies
- 1977 De vergaderzaal (The Conference Room ) is based on A. Albert's story of the same name
- Director: Kees van Iersel
- 2008 Het moeras (The Morass) is based on A. Albert's story of the same name
- Director: BarBara Hanlo
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Alberts in the catalog of the German National Library
- His works (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Albert's biography on hjansen.info accessed on February 2, 2011 (Dutch)
- ↑ berliner-literaturkritik.de accessed on February 2, 2011
- ↑ filmfestival rotterdam: het moeras February 2nd, 2011 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alberts, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alberts, A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer, translator and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1995 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |