Victor E. van Vriesland
Illustration — Victor van Vriesland (1962) Victor Emanuel van Vriesland (27 October 1892, Haarlem – 29 October 1974, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish writer and critic.
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Victor E. van Vriesland
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- Born
- 1892 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1974 · Amsterdam.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer · critic
- Honours
- P.C. Hooft Award · Constantijn Huygens Prize · Prijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet · Honorary doctor of Leiden University
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Victor van Vriesland (1962) Victor Emanuel van Vriesland (27 October 1892, Haarlem – 29 October 1974, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish writer and critic.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. Positions recorded include president. Work by Victor E. van Vriesland is recorded in the collections of Dutch Resistance Museum and Anne Frank House. Distinctions recorded are P.C. Hooft Award, Constantijn Huygens Prize, Prijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet and Honorary doctor of Leiden University.
He studied at the gymnasium in The Hague and then at the University of Dijon. He was literary and artistic journalist, editor of a weekly magazine. He received the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1958 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1960. He was the president of the Dutch Pen Club. From 1962 to 1965, van Vriesland was President of PEN International, the worldwide association of writers. Van Vriesland writes as easily in French as in his native language and likes even the refinement of sintaxe and prosody: Te souviendra t-il de mon nom, de ma tendresse? - Le vent qui bat ma fenetre sans cesse L'effacera.
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1892
Victor E. van Vriesland born at Haarlem.
1974
Victor E. van Vriesland died at Amsterdam.
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Victor E. van Vriesland received P.C. Hooft Award, Constantijn Huygens Prize, Prijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet and Honorary doctor of Leiden University. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Victor Emanuel van Vriesland and Victor van Vriesland. His recorded language was Dutch. He married Tonny van der Horst and Adrienne Canivez.
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- 1915 - De cultureele noodtoestand van het Joodsche volk
- 1920 - Herman Hana
- 1925 - Der verlorene Sohn (in German)
- 1926 - Het afscheid van de wereld in drie dagen (published in 1953)
- 1929 - Voorwaardelijk uitzicht
- 1933 - Havenstad
- 1935 - Herhalingsoefeningen
- 1939 - De ring met de aquamarijn
- 1939-1954 - Spiegel der Nederlandse poëzie
- 1946 - Vooronderzoek
- 1946 - Grondslag van verstandhouding (published in 1947)
- 1949 - Drievoudig verweer
- 1949 - Le vent se couche (in French)
- 1952 - Vereenvoudigingen
- 1954 - De onverzoenlijken
- 1954 - Kortschrift
- 1958 - Onderzoek en vertoog
- 1959 - Tegengif
- 1962 - Het werkelijkheidsgehalte in de West-Europese literatuur
- 1968 - Verzamelde gedichten
- 1972 - Bijbedoelingen
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