Herman Heijermans

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1864-12-03 (60 years old)

Deathday

1924-11-22

Place of Birth

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Herman Heijermans

Biography

Herman Heijermans (1864–1924), was a Dutch writer. He made his debut under the pseudonym of Samuel Falkland in the Algemeen Handelsblad daily, publishing a series of sketches of Jewish family, later collected in volume form. His novels and tales include Trinette (1892), Fles (1893), Kamertjeszonde (1896), Interieurs (1897) and Diamantstad (1903). He is best remembered for his play Op Hoop van Zegen (1900), an indictment of the exploitation of sea fishermen in the Netherlands at the turn of the century, represented at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris, and in English by the Stage Society as The Good Hope. Other notable stage plays by Heijermans ar...

Acting

1964

Theatre as a Weapon

as (archival footage)

Production

1924

1918

The Good Hope

as Writer

1983

Links

as Writer

1920

Links

as Novel

1978

1934

The Good Hope

as Writer

1972

Eva Bonheur

as Writer

© All Rights Reserved 2025