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Born | Haarlem, Dutch | 23 August 1911
Died | 16 December 1995 Amsterdam, Dutch | (aged 84)
Pen name | A. Alberts |
Occupation | writer, translator, journalist |
Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Albert Alberts, writing as A. Alberts (1911–1995) was a Dutch writer, translator, and journalist. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize. [1]
A. Alberts was born on 23 August 1911 in
Haarlem.
[2]
He studied
Indology at the
Utrecht University and worked after his graduation (1936) for several years as a
civil servant for the Colonialministry in
Paris.
In 1939 he received his doctorate in literature and philosophy with a thesis about the conflict from 1847 to 1851 between
Jean Chrétien Baud and
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, two Dutch politicians (respectively, a colonial governor turned Conservative parliamentarian and a major Liberal reformer). In the same year he embarked on MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and went to the
Dutch East Indies to stay there as a civil servant.
After the
Battle of Java (1942) and his internment by the Japanese on Java from April 1942 to September 1945, he returned 1946 to the Netherlands. Here he worked first as a civil servant, then he starting 1953 as
Contributing editor. In 1953 he published his first book, The Island- a collection of short stories about his Daily life in the colonies.
Albert Alberts died in
Amsterdam on 16 December 1995.
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Albert Alberts | |
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Born | Haarlem, Dutch | 23 August 1911
Died | 16 December 1995 Amsterdam, Dutch | (aged 84)
Pen name | A. Alberts |
Occupation | writer, translator, journalist |
Alma mater | Utrecht University |
Albert Alberts, writing as A. Alberts (1911–1995) was a Dutch writer, translator, and journalist. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize. [1]
A. Alberts was born on 23 August 1911 in
Haarlem.
[2]
He studied
Indology at the
Utrecht University and worked after his graduation (1936) for several years as a
civil servant for the Colonialministry in
Paris.
In 1939 he received his doctorate in literature and philosophy with a thesis about the conflict from 1847 to 1851 between
Jean Chrétien Baud and
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, two Dutch politicians (respectively, a colonial governor turned Conservative parliamentarian and a major Liberal reformer). In the same year he embarked on MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and went to the
Dutch East Indies to stay there as a civil servant.
After the
Battle of Java (1942) and his internment by the Japanese on Java from April 1942 to September 1945, he returned 1946 to the Netherlands. Here he worked first as a civil servant, then he starting 1953 as
Contributing editor. In 1953 he published his first book, The Island- a collection of short stories about his Daily life in the colonies.
Albert Alberts died in
Amsterdam on 16 December 1995.