Henk Hofland

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Henk Hofland (2009)

Hendrik "Henk" Johannes Adrianus Hofland (born July 20, 1927 in Rotterdam ; † June 21, 2016 ) was a Dutch journalist and author. From 1967 to 1970 he was editor-in-chief of the daily Algemeen Handelsblad and after its merger with the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant to form the NRC Handelsblad, from 1970 to 1972 he was one of three editors-in-chief of this daily newspaper.

Life

After his parents refused Hofland's wish to fight the Japanese at the end of the Second World War in 1945 , he did his military service after the war and then went to the Dutch East Indies . During this time he set propaganda films to music for the Dutch military . After his return, Hofland studied at the Instituut Nijenrode and then at the socio-political faculty of the University of Amsterdam . In 1953 he began training as a journalist at the Algemeen Handelsblad in Amsterdam . Hofland wanted to go back to university quickly, but since the international head of his newspaper offered him a permanent position, he buried this plan and never finished his studies.

During the Hungarian uprising of 1956, Hofland reported from Budapest that his car was shot at after ignoring a stop sign. This was followed by a steep career at Algemeen Handelsblad , and after holding positions as head of the international department and deputy editor-in-chief, Hofland was appointed editor-in-chief in 1967. He tried with a series of concept changes, including an opinion page under the direction of Hans van Mierlo , to stop the newspaper's loss of importance. This did not succeed, however, in 1970 the Algemeen Handelsblad merged with the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant to form the NRC Handelsblad . Hofland, who was now part of a three-man editor-in-chief, did not find the favor of the directorate in the following time, which finally released him from his position in 1972.

Since the newspaper Het Parool did not want him as a reporter (he was found to be too old), he switched to a variety of new jobs. He remained a television critic for his newspaper, wrote a weekly column for the Haagsche Post and from 1985 to 89 travel reports from the Eastern Bloc and worked for radio and television. Hofland increasingly resumed his book authorship , which had been put on hold during the time he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the Algemeen Handelsblad .

For this omnipresence Hofland was finally honored in 1999 by his colleagues in a special way: in a survey of newspaper editors about journalists of the twentieth century, organized by students of the School voor Journalistiek in Utrecht .

Honors

Oddities

Hofland, an advocate of liberal ideals all his life, was persuaded in the late 1960s by Haya van Someren-Downer (Member of the Tweede Kamer for the VVD ) and Harm van Riel (Chairman of the VVD) to become a member of their party. Someren-Downer even hoped that Hofland could one day become parliamentary group chairman, but Hofland was later expelled - he hadn't paid his membership fees.

Works

  • Geen tijd , Scheltema & Holkema, Amsterdam 1955
  • Vakantie , Scheltema & Holkema, Amsterdam 1957
  • Opmerkingen over de chaos , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1964
  • What do we earn? , Nijgh & van Ditmar, 's-Gravenhage 1964
  • Tegels clear , Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1972
  • Prolegomena tot een nieuwe mens- en dierkunde , Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1974
  • Betrekkelijke kleinigheden , Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1976
  • Vastberaden maar soepel en met mate , Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1976
  • Boven en onder de grond op Schiermonnikoog (as Samuel Montag), Thomas Rap, Baarn 1979
  • Twee helden uit de jaren zeventig , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1979
  • Uitzichtloze situaties , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1980
  • De Stadsoorlog , Sijthoff, Amsterdam 1981
  • Night over Alicante (as Samuel Montag), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1982
  • Een teken aan de wand , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1983
  • De weg naar Jalta en terug , NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam 1984
  • Honderd mensen van Cor Jaring (text to the book by Cor Jaring), Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1984
  • Orde bestaat niet (en is verderfelijk) , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1985
  • Het kruiend wereldbeeld , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1987
  • Persvrijheid in Nederland , Coornhertstichting Gouda, 1988
  • Over en weer (with Jean-Paul Franssens), Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1989
  • Over en weer: schrijversbrieven (with Jean-Paul Franssens), Contact, Amsterdam / Antwerp 1989
  • Wij passeerden het vrijheidsbeeld , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1989
  • De alibicentrale , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1990
  • De Jupiter , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1991
  • De wording van het Wilde Oosten , Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 1991
  • Het diepste punt van Nederland , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1993
  • Man van zijn eeuw , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1993
  • De elite verongelukt , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 1995
  • Amsterdam gefotografeerd 1944 - 1996 (text on the book by Aart Klein), De Verbeelding, Amsterdam 1996
  • Magisch Flevoland (with Ger Dekkers), Waanders, Zwolle 1999
  • Rederij Hofland , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2000
  • De tijden van Sem Presser (Text to the book by Sem Presser), Voetnoot, Amsterdam 2000
  • De Hollandse metamorfose (with Hans Samsom Hans Samsom, Laura Samsom Rous), De Verbeelding, Amsterdam 2002
  • Op zoek naar de Pool , De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2002

literature

  • Piet Hagen: Journalists in Nederland. Een Persgeschiedenis in portraits. Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam / Antwerp 2002. ISBN 90-295-2222-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journalist Henk Hofland (88) overleden
  2. ↑ radio.nl : HJA Hofland Journalist van de Eeuw, December 20, 1999 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ PC Hooftprijs naar Henk Hofland (ndl.)
personal data
SURNAME Hofland, Henk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofland, Hendrik Johannes Adrianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch journalist, editor-in-chief and book author
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 2016