Theun de Vries

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

His most famous work is the novel The Girl with the red hair of 1956 (1981 under the title Het meisje met het rode hair filmed by Ben Verbong ) on the resistance fighter Hannie Schaft.

Theun de Vries was a member of the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN ) for which he sat in the council of Amsterdam. Its membership was resented him during the Cold War by authors colleagues.

Works (selection)

  • Pan among the people. Novel. Henschel Verlag, Berlin. In 1956.
  • Dolle Dinsdag. 5 stories ( " Doodskoppen s kaalkoppen "). Röderberg -Verlag, Frankfurt / M. In 1968.
  • The Three Lives of Melchior Hintham. A painter novel. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1966.
  • The Kardinalsmotette. 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 from 1942 to 1945 ( "Het meisje met het rode hair "). Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1960.
  • Rembrandt. Roman ( " Rembrandt "). Dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-20443-5. First German translation in Berlin in 1934 by Franz Dülberg.
  • Vincent and Sien. Roman ( " Vincent in The Hague "). DTV, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-20604-7.
  • Time of the Wolf. Roman ( "Het leven van een wolfgetij of liefde "). Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1983.
  • Baruch de Spinoza. With personal testimonies and image documents ( " Baruch de Spinoza "). 10th edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-50171-6.
  • Loved and admired. Women by Rembrandt ( " Meester en Minaar "). Publisher Schlender, Göttingen 1985, ISBN 3-88051-028-8.
  • Letterkundig encyclopedia. De wereldliteratuur van de 203 eeuw. Spectrum, Utrecht 1969
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