Theun de Vries

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Theun de Vries (1963)

Theun de Vries (born April 26, 1907 in Veenwouden, Friesland , † January 21, 2005 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch resistance fighter , writer , poet and politician .,

His best-known work is the novel The Girl with Red Hair from 1956 (made into a film by Ben Verbong in 1981 under the title Het meisje met het rode hair ) about the resistance fighter Hannie Schaft .

Theun de Vries was a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN), for which he sat on the Amsterdam City Council .

Life

De Vries attended a general school . From 1921 he wrote publications in youth and Sunday newspapers. In 1925 he made his literary debut with "Friese say" (Frisian sagas). From 1929 to 1937 he worked as a library employee. In 1931 his debut novel came out with a Rembrandt novel. From 1936 to 1971 he was a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. Theun was active in the resistance against the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945 and was interned in the Amersfoort police transit camp from 1944 to 1945 . After his beginnings in poetry, he wrote traditionally realistic fiction prose with a socialist tendency. In many cases he also worked as a translator. He also wrote historical studies, including on heretics .

Honors

Works (selection)

Fiction
  • Pan among the people. Novel. Henschelverlag, Berlin. 1956.
  • Anna Casparii. Roman ("Anna Casparii, of het heimwee"). Henschelverlag, Berlin 1958.
  • Dolle Dinsdag. 5 stories ("Doodskoppen en kaalkoppen"). Röderberg-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1968.
  • The three lives of Melchior Hintham. A painter's novel . Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1966.
  • The cardinal motet. Roman ("Het motet voor de kardinaal"). Dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-20504-0 .
  • The girl with the red hair. Novel from the resistance movement 1942 to 1945 (Original: "Het meisje met het rode hair", 1956). Henschelverlag, Berlin 1960.
  • Rembrandt. Roman ("Rembrandt"). Dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-20443-5 . First German translation Berlin 1934 by Franz Dülberg .
  • Vincent and Sien. Roman ("Vincent in The Hague"). DTV, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-20604-7 .
  • Wolf time. Roman ("Het wolfgetij of een leven van liefde"). Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1983.
Non-fiction
  • Baruch de Spinoza . With self-testimonials and photo documents ("Baruch de Spinoza"). 10th edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-50171-6 .
  • Loved and admired. Women around Rembrandt ("Meester en minaar"). Verlag Schlender, Göttingen 1985, ISBN 3-88051-028-8 .
  • Letter-based lexicon. De wereldliteratuur van de 203 eeuw . Spectrum, Utrecht 1969

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Theun de Vries in Michael Bahlke: Dutch and Flemish Literature , pp. 151–152, accessed April 26, 2020

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personal data
SURNAME Vries, Theun de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer, poet and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Veenwouden, Friesland
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2005
Place of death Amsterdam