Arthur van Schendel
Illustration — Arthur van Schendel • Illustration — Title page of Een zwerver verliefd Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is Het fregatschip Johanna Maria. His son Arthur F.E. van Schendel (1910–1979) was General Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam from 1959–1975.
Arthur van Schendel
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Illustration — Arthur van Schendel • Illustration — Title page of Een zwerver verliefd Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is Het fregatschip Johanna Maria. His son Arthur F.E. van Schendel (1910–1979) was General Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam from 1959–1975.
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1874
Arthur van Schendel born at Jakarta.
1946
Arthur van Schendel died at Amsterdam.
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• 1931 – C.W. van der Hoogtprijs for Het fregatschip Johanna Maria • 1933 – Tollensprijs for his entire oeuvre • 1947 – P.C. Hooftprijs for Het oude huis
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- 1.Zie over zijn late Italiaanse periode: Dina Aristodemo, 'Arthur en Corinna van Schendel in Sestri Levante', in: De Parelduiker 20 (2015) 1, p. 39-57.
- 2.Cf. Van Heerikhuizen, 1969
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