Anne de Vries
Illustration — Bust of Anne de Vries at the regional museum in the village of Bartje in Rolde Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a Dutch teacher and writer, particularly famous in the Netherlands for his novels of regional life. Anne de Vries was born in the village of Kloosterveen near Assen, de Vries married Alida Gerdina van Wermeskerken in 1930 and the couple had five children. In 1972, de Vries gained national recognition when his novel Bartje was made into a television series by Willy van Hemert.
Anne de Vries
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- Born
- 1904 · Assen.
- Died
- 1964 · Zeist.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- translator · writer · resistance fighter · teacher
- Fields
- prose · children's and young adult literature
- Honours
- Kiddo Leespluim
- Languages
- Dutch
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The personnage of Bartje subsequently came to symbolize the Dutch province of Drenthe. De Vries wrote a number of regional novels, most famously the coming-of-age novel Bartje and then Bartje Seeks Happiness. He also wrote Journey through the Night, a children's book about World War II which was published in four volumes between 1951 and 1958. His Bartje books may be considered Bildungsromane. De Vries died, aged 60, in Zeist.
Documentary record
Anne de Vries died in Zeist, Netherlands, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is prose and children's and young adult literature. Work by Anne de Vries is recorded in the collections of Stadsmuseum Doetinchem, Museum De Scheper and Drents Museum. Distinctions recorded are Kiddo Leespluim.
• Jongens van de straat, 1934 • Bartje, 1935 • De stroper, 1935 • Jaap en Gerdientje, 1937 • Op de grote heide, 1937 • De grote veenbrand, 1937 • Groot vertelboek voor de Bijbelse geschiedenis, 1938 • Verhalen voor Kersttijd, 1948 • Honderd vertellingen uit de bijbel, 1949 • Het boek van Jan Willem, 1950 • Reis door de nacht, 1951–1958 • De ring van de profeet (Anne de Vries and Jan Fabricius), 1952 • Kinderkleurbijbel (Oude testament), 1961 • Twee meisjes in de tropen 1964
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Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a writer, children's author and teacher.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the names Margreet Brauwer, J. Cats and Daan Deken. His recorded language was Dutch.
Documentary record
Anne de Vries was born in Assen, Netherlands, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Identity
Identity
Anne de Vries is recorded as translator, writer, resistance fighter and teacher.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1904
Anne de Vries was born in 1904 at Assen.
1964
Anne de Vries died in 1964 at Zeist.
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Assen.
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Anne de Vries received Kiddo Leespluim.
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Literature
Anne de Vries: Based On Memory (2012), Stiftung&Sponsoring, 2024
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- 1.Drents Archief. Gearchiveerd op 22 december 2021.
- 2.Landgoed Hiemstrastate.
- 3.Bartje gaf Assen roem, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 4 augustus 1981
- 4.Geert Hovingh (1995). Johannes Post: exponent van het verzet. Kok: Kampen, p.380
- 5.Hovingh, p.383
- 6.Jeannette Wilbrink-Donkersteeg. Anne de Vries was dol op bruine bonen. 12 maart 2010.
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