Jan ten Brink (writer)
Jan ten Brink (born June 15, 1834 in Appingedam , † July 18, 1901 in Leiden ) was a Dutch writer.
He studied in Utrecht , received a prize in 1857 for his work "De aesthetische waarde van Brederôo's dramatic arbeid" , obtained a theological doctorate in 1860, then lived as an educator in Batavia , from where he undertook a journey through the island of Java (described in the work "Op de limit der Preanger" , Amsterdam 1861), and after his return in 1862 he was employed as a teacher of Dutch language and literature at the grammar school in The Hague. In 1872 he took over the editing of the fiction magazine "Nederland" . In 1859 he got a new version of the price publication mentioned; his other literary-historical works are:
Works
- Gerbrand Adriaensen Brederoó. 1859.
- Dirck Volkertsen Coornhert en zijne Wellevenskunst. 1860.
- Op de limits of the preanger. Amsterdam 1861.
- East Indian dames en heeren. 1866. German by W. Berg: Ostindische Damen und Herren. Leipzig 1868.
- De schoonzoon van Mevrouw de Roggeveen. 1871-1873. German by A. Glaser: The son-in-law of Mrs. von Roggeveen. Braunschweig 1876.
- Het vuur dat niet wordt uitgebluscht. 1868.
- Mirroring Haagsche. 1870-1878.
- Dietsche thought. 1872-1874.
- The history of nederland letters. 1877.
- Nederlandsche dames en heeren. 1873.
- Jeannette en Juanito. 1877.
- Emile Zola. 1879.
- I lost my child. 1879.
- The Muller-Belmonte family. 1880.
- Literary schetsen en criticism. Leiden 1882.
- Onze hedendaagsche letter informed. 1882ff.
- The first years of the nederland revolution 1555–68. 1882.
- Causeries over modern romans. 1885.
- Divorce of the Noord-Nederlandsche letteren in de XIXe eeuw. 1888-1889.
Web links
Wikisource: Jan ten Brink - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Jan ten Brink in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature on Jan ten Brink in the Digital Library of the Netherlands (DBNL)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brink, Jan ten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Appingedam |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1901 |
| Place of death | Leiden (city) |