Marie Joseph Brusse

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Marie Joseph (MJ Rie) Brusse (* 26. June 1873 in Amsterdam , † 5. January 1941 in Alkmaar ) was a Dutch r journalist and writer . According to one of his sons, he has been called the prince of journalists .

Rie Brusse

Life

Brusse was a innovator in Dutch journalism. He was one of the first to describe situations and events from his own observation perspective. He was also one of the first to describe the interviews and conversations he conducted as a form of dialogue . He worked undercover (1898) for his series of articles on the shelters of Rotterdam seafarers . For decades he wrote daily reports and feature articles for the (then) Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant under the title Onder de Menschen (German: Unter den Menschen ). Many of his works have been published in book form. A bestseller was his book Het rosse leven en sterven van de Zandstraat (German: The red life and death of the Zandstraat ) about the Rotterdam whore and sailor quarter around the Zandstraat .

During the First World War , he reported extensively on the operations of Dutch doctors and nurses in the Balkans, both in newspapers and in book form. In 1915 he published The Horrors of War in Serbia on Dr. Arius van Tienhoven in Valjevo and two years later A Dutch hospital in a bombed-out city about Dr. Henri van Dijk in Manastir . In 2017, 100 years after the first edition, the Stichting Studiencentrum Eerste Wereldoorlog (Foundation Study Center First World War) published this last work again.

His play Boefje , based on the book of the same name published in 1903, enjoyed great fame and was performed many hundreds of times with actress Annie van Ees in the title role. In 1939 a film was made with the then 45-year-old van Ees in the cinemas. In 1903 he published a series called Boefje in the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant.

Brusse spent the last years of his life with his family in Groet ( Noord-Holland ). He died in the hospital in Alkmaar in 1941 and is buried in the general cemetery in Schoorl .

family

Brusse had seven sons from three marriages, including the actor Kees Brusse .

The Rotterdam publisher duo Willy and Jo Brusse from WL & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij were brothers of MJ Brusse (Rie). This publisher also published the books of MJ Brusse.

Brusse Prize

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten , the MJ Brusse Prize was launched in 2005 and has been awarded every two years since 2006. An amount of 5000 euros was associated with the award. For the first award, the jury consisted of the founders of the fund, Hans Maarten van den Brink , Emile Fallaux and Geert Mak . The award was given to Jeroen Smit for his book Het drama Ahold . Due to the large number of submissions, the frequency of the award was changed from biennially to annually from 2010 onwards and the prize money increased to 10,000 euros.

statue

On March 14, 1980, a Boefje statue created by the artist Tineke Slingerland was unveiled by Mayor André van der Louw on Ammanplein in Rotterdam.

Publications about Brusse

  • Peter Brusse: Onder de mensen. MJ Brusse (1873-1941), journalist . Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Balans, 2017. ISBN 9789460034404

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Brusse: Voorwoord van 'Onder de mensen'. In: Uitgeverij Balans. April 21, 2017, accessed July 10, 2020 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Sven Peeters, Jelica Novakovic: Wat kwam er uit een schot? Ed .: Vrijdag. Antwerp 2015, ISBN 978-94-6001-346-1 , pp. 20 .
  3. ↑ Uitreiking SSEW Kroniek 34 aan Peter Brusse. In: SSEW. May 18, 2017, accessed July 10, 2020 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Brusse, Marie Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brusse, MJ; Brusse, Rie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1941
Place of death Alkmaar