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Encyclopedia > Simon Vestdijk

Simon Vestdijk (October 17, 1898-March 23, 1971) was a Dutch writer. October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...


Born in the small city of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands. Harlingen is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland at the Wadden Sea. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates Website www. ...


Bibliography (selection)

  • Kind tussen vier vrouwen (Child between four women, written 1933, first published 1972)
  • Terug tot Ina Damman (Back to Ina Damman, 1934)
  • Else Böhler (1935)
  • Meneer Visser's hellevaart (Mr. Visser's perdition, 1936)
  • De nadagen van Pilatus (The last days of Pilate, 1938)
  • Aktaion onder de sterren (Aktaion under the stars, 1941)
  • Ierse nachten (Irish nights, 1946)
  • Pastorale 1943 (1948)
  • De redding van Fré Bolderhey (Fré Bolderhey's salvation, 1948)
  • De kellner en de levenden (The waiter and the living, 1949)
  • De koperen tuin (The copper garden, also, The garden where the brass band played, 1950)
  • Ivoren wachters (Ivory guardians, 1951)
  • Het glinsterend pantser (The shining armour, 1956)
  • De ziener (The seer, 1959)
  • Een moderne Antonius (A modern Antonius, 1960)

1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ecce Homo (Behold the Man!), Antonio Ciseris depiction of Pontius Pilate presenting a scourged Jesus of Nazareth to the people of Jerusalem Pontius Pilate (Latin Pontius Pilatus) was the governor of the Roman province of Judea and Roman general from AD 26 until around AD 36, who is best... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... In Greek mythology, Actaeon, or Aktaion was a son of Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, a hunter who endured the wrath of Diana. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

External links

  • http://www.svestdijk.nl/al/wpengels.html
  • http://www.vestdijk.com (Dutch)

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