Nicolina Maria Christina Sloot
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Nicolina Maria Christina Sloot (born January 13, 1853 in Semarang on the island of Java , Dutch East Indies ; died 1927 in Noordwijk aan Zee ) was a Dutch writer who is mostly known by the pseudonym Melati van Java .
Life
Maria Sloot was born on January 13, 1853 in Semarang on the island of Java. She later lived in Amsterdam . Under the pseudonyms Mathilde , Melati van Java and Max van Ravestein , she is the author of numerous novels , some of which have also been translated into German ( Melati von Java, selected novels and short stories ).
She is also author of "historical-romantic" Sketches from the history of Java ( "historic romantic schets uit de geschiedenis van Java") as Soerapati (about the guerrilla leader) and Van slaaf dead project (also about against the Dutch East India Company fighting Heroes Untung Surapati (1660–1706)), who deals with the subjugation of the Mataram Empire .
Historical and poetic travel memories of Scotland appeared under the title Het land van Walter Scott (1887). Collected, her novels appeared as romantic works in twelve volumes ( Schiedam 1900–1902).
She died in Noordwijk aan Zee in 1927.
Works (selection)
- De jonkvrouwe van Groenenrode , 1874
- De familie van den resident , 1875
- De gesluierde schilderij , 1883
- Hermelijn , 1885
- Soerapati , 1887
- Van slaaf dead vorst , 1888
- Verdwenen , 1889
- Prada , 1894
- Het land van Walter Scott , 1887 (travel memories)
- Returned home (= Melati von Java, selected novels and short stories , volume 13). J. Habbel Verlag, Regensburg, undated around 1910.
- Romantic works , 12 volumes (Schiedam 1900–1902).
literature
- Vilan van de Loo: Melati van Java (1853-1927). Daughter of Indie͏̈. Biography . 's-Gravenhage, Stichting Tong Tong, 2016. ISBN 978-9078847007
- 'Eene der meest begaafde vrouwen' Melati van Java (1853-1927) (Vilan van de Loo)
- Article in: Oost-Indische Spiegel (1972) (Rob Nieuwenhuys)
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sloot, Nicolina Maria Christina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mathilde (pseudonym); Melati van Java (pseudonym); Max van Ravestein (pseudonym); Melati from Java |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Semarang on the island of Java , Dutch East Indies |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1927 |
| Place of death | Noordwijk aan Zee |