Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 â€" 22 November 1924), was a Dutch
writer.Heijermans was born in Rotterdam, into a liberal Jewish family,
the fifth of the 11 children of Herman Heijermans Sr. and Matilda
Moses Spiers. In the Algemeen Handelsblad daily, he published a series
of sketches of Jewish family life under the pseudonym of Samuel
Falkland, which were collected in volume form. His novels and tales
include Trinette (1892), Fles (1893), Kamertjeszonde (2 vols, 1896),
Interieurs (1897), Diamantstad (2 vols, 1903). He created great
interest by his play Op Hoop van Zegen (1900), an indictment of the
exploitation of sea fishermen in the Netherlands at the turn of the
century, represented at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris, and in English
by the Stage Society as The Good Hope.His other plays are: Dora Kremer
(1893), Ghetto (1898), Het zevende Gebod (1899), Het Pantser (1901),
Ora et labora (1901), and numerous one-act pieces. A Case of Arson, an
English version of the one-act play Brand in de Jonge Jan, was notable
for the impersonation (1904 and 1905) by Henri de Vries of all the
seven witnesses who appear as characters.Heijermans died in Zandvoort
at age 59, and is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
writer.Heijermans was born in Rotterdam, into a liberal Jewish family,
the fifth of the 11 children of Herman Heijermans Sr. and Matilda
Moses Spiers. In the Algemeen Handelsblad daily, he published a series
of sketches of Jewish family life under the pseudonym of Samuel
Falkland, which were collected in volume form. His novels and tales
include Trinette (1892), Fles (1893), Kamertjeszonde (2 vols, 1896),
Interieurs (1897), Diamantstad (2 vols, 1903). He created great
interest by his play Op Hoop van Zegen (1900), an indictment of the
exploitation of sea fishermen in the Netherlands at the turn of the
century, represented at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris, and in English
by the Stage Society as The Good Hope.His other plays are: Dora Kremer
(1893), Ghetto (1898), Het zevende Gebod (1899), Het Pantser (1901),
Ora et labora (1901), and numerous one-act pieces. A Case of Arson, an
English version of the one-act play Brand in de Jonge Jan, was notable
for the impersonation (1904 and 1905) by Henri de Vries of all the
seven witnesses who appear as characters.Heijermans died in Zandvoort
at age 59, and is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
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