Maria Dermoût
Maria Dermoût (born June 15, 1888 as Helena Anthonia Maria Elisabeth Ingerman on Java ; † June 27, 1962 in Noordwijk aan Zee ) was a Dutch writer and an important author of Dutch-Indonesian literature. In December 1958, Time magazine praised the translation of The Ten Thousand Things as one of the best books of the year, alongside works such as Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote , Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov .
Life
Dermoût was born on a Javanese sugar plantation. She received her education in the Netherlands and also wrote her novels in Dutch. After completing her education, she returned to Java, where she married Issac Johannes Dermoût and traveled with him to Java and the Moluccas . They had two children together: daughter Ettie, born in 1908, and their son Hans, born in 1910, who died in a Japanese prison camp in 1945. In 1933 her husband retired and the couple returned to the Netherlands.
Dermoût died in Noordwijk aan Zee in 1962, where she is also buried.
The Dutch-Indonesian author Kester Freriks wrote her biography Secret Indie. Het leven van Maria Dermoût 1888–1962 .
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Maria Dermoût's work consists of two novels and five volumes of stories:
The novels
- Nog pag gisteren. Querido, Amsterdam 1951.
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De tienduizend things. Querido, Amsterdam 1955.
- New transl. Bettina Bach: The ten thousand things . Novel. With notes from Übers. Dtv , Munich 2016 ISBN 978-3-423-28091-4
The volumes of stories
- Spel van tifa gongs. Querido, Amsterdam 1954
- De jewels haarkam. Querido, Amsterdam 1956
- Do some of the boxes. Querido, Amsterdam 1958
- De sirens. Querido, Amsterdam 1963
- Donker van uiterlijk. Querido, Amsterdam 1964
Individual evidence
- ^ Author page dtv
- ↑ Dermout at Dutch foundation for literature = Nederlands Letterenfonds
- ↑ The title at dtv
- ↑ Return to the sugar plantation . Review, FAZ , February 22, 2017, p. 12
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dermoût, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Java |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1962 |
| Place of death | Noordwijk aan Zee |