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Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk: Quick Facts

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Born December 24, 1869 • Netherlands
Died November 21, 1952 (aged 82) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works Leo Tolstoy • Mahatma Gandhi • “Heldensage” • “Thomas More”
Subjects Of Study Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Romain Rolland
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Martinus Nijhoff
Dutch poet
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
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Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author
Bredero, engraving by H. Goltzius, 1618
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero
Dutch author
Heinsius, Daniël
Daniël Heinsius
Dutch poet
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Algernon Charles Swinburne, watercolour by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1862; in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
English poet
Anna Cora Mowatt, engraving from a daguerreotype.
Anna Cora Mowatt
American writer
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Herman Teirlinck
Flemish author
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Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
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Richard Savage
English writer
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
Elijah Fenton, engraving
Elijah Fenton
British poet
Yavorov, Peyo
Peyo Yavorov
Bulgarian author
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Albrecht Rodenbach
Flemish writer
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar

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