Victor Ido (8 February 1869, in Surabaya â€" 20 May 1948, in The
Hague) is the main alias of the Indo (Eurasian) Dutch language writer
and journalist Hans van de Wall. Born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies
(colonial Indonesia) from a Dutch father and Indo (Eurasian) mother.
Ido was the Art Editor of P.A.Daum's Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad and later
the Chief Editor of newspaper Batavia's Handelsblad as well as an
accomplished musician (organist).As a literary author his work shows a
keen eye for the discrimination and socio-economic realities of middle
and lower class Indo-Europeans of the late 19th century.As an
innovative and successful playwright he incorporated many indigenous
i.e. Indonesian cultural elements into a western theatrical
format.[1]His mothers Indo (Eurasian) family belonged to the lower
social layer of European society, where constant lack of money,
outright poverty and a continues struggle for existence characterized
life in the late 19th century. An atmosphere and world he would
display in his literary work.
Hague) is the main alias of the Indo (Eurasian) Dutch language writer
and journalist Hans van de Wall. Born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies
(colonial Indonesia) from a Dutch father and Indo (Eurasian) mother.
Ido was the Art Editor of P.A.Daum's Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad and later
the Chief Editor of newspaper Batavia's Handelsblad as well as an
accomplished musician (organist).As a literary author his work shows a
keen eye for the discrimination and socio-economic realities of middle
and lower class Indo-Europeans of the late 19th century.As an
innovative and successful playwright he incorporated many indigenous
i.e. Indonesian cultural elements into a western theatrical
format.[1]His mothers Indo (Eurasian) family belonged to the lower
social layer of European society, where constant lack of money,
outright poverty and a continues struggle for existence characterized
life in the late 19th century. An atmosphere and world he would
display in his literary work.
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