Albert Alberts

Albert Alberts
Born (1911-08-23)23 August 1911
Haarlem, Dutch
Died 16 December 1996(1996-12-16) (aged 85)
Amsterdam, Dutch
Pen name A. Alberts
Occupation writer, translator, journalist
Alma mater Utrecht University

Albert Alberts, writing as A. Alberts (1911–1996) was a Dutch writer, translator, and journalist. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize.[1]

Life

A. Alberts was born on 23 August 1911 in Haarlem.[2]
He studied Indology at the Utrecht University and worked after his graduation (1936) for several years as a civil servant for the Colonialministry in Paris.
In 1939 he received his doctorate in literature and philosophy with a thesis about the conflict from 1847 to 1851 between Jean Chrétien Baud and Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, two Dutch politicians. In the same year he embarked on MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and went to Dutch East India to stay there as a civil servant.
After the Battle of Java (1942) and his internment by the Japanese on Java from April 1942 to September 1945, he returned 1946 to the Netherlands. Here he worked first as a civil servant, then he starting 1953 as Contributing editor. In 1953 he published his first book,The Island- a collection of short stories about his Daily life in the colonies.
Albert Alberts died in Amsterdam on 16 December 1996.

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Honors

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External links

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