Hendrik Tollens
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Hendrik Tollens (actually Hendricus Franciscus Caroluszoon Tollens ; born September 24, 1780 in Rotterdam , † October 21, 1856 in Rijswijk ) was a Dutch writer of Flemish origin.
Life
Tollens was a businessman by profession . But when he was able to record his first successes after his debut as a writer, he withdrew from business life.
He bought an old manor house in Rijswijk and settled there as a writer. After his death, his house was converted into a museum and is still in use today. It is named Het Tollenshuis (German: The Tollens House) after its most famous resident .
As a representative of Biedermeier , Tollens was a typical folk poet of his time. Especially in his poems - which were very popular during his lifetime - he addressed virtues such as love of the country , piety , modesty and the great past of the Netherlands ( Golden Age ). From today's point of view, Tollen's poetry seems pompous and rambling.
His poem " Wien Neêrlands Bloed " was even the Dutch national anthem until 1932 . The first two lines Wien Neêrlands bloed in d'aders vloeit / Van vreemde smetten vrij… ( Eng . Whom the Netherlands has blood flowing through their veins / Free from foreign blemishes… ) were linked to the blood and soil ideas of National Socialism and were unsustainable from 1945 at the latest.
A worthy replacement was found in the song Het Wilhelmus . Philips van Marnix is presumed to be the author of this text . In addition, William I of Orange-Nassau was popular and still unforgotten.
During his lifetime Tollens was read a lot, and middle- class middle-class people liked to quote and recite them at public events . Hendrik Tollens died on October 21, 1856 in Rijswijk at the age of 76. Soon after his death, not only the work but also the "good Heinrich" was quickly forgotten.
Works
- Poems (1808)
- Idyllen en minnezangen (1801–1805)
- Constants : a tragedy
- Laatste poems (1848-1853)
- Nieuve poems (1821)
- Romances, ballads and legends (1818)
- Tafereel van de overwintering of the Nederlanders op Nova Zembla in de jaren 1596 en 1597 (1816)
literature
- Gerard W Huyges: Hendrik Tollens. de poet van de burgerj, een biography en een tijdbeld. Nijgh & van Ditmar, Rotterdam 1972.
- Gilles D. Schotel: Tollens en zijn tijd. een proeve van levensbeschrijving. van Wermeskerken, Tiel 1860.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Great, Hendrik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tollens, Henricus Franciscus Caroluszoon (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer of Flemish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1856 |
| Place of death | Rijswijk |