WRITER

Hella Haasse

1918 - 2011

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Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hella Haasse has received more than 76,520 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Hella Haasse is the 2,631st most popular writer (up from 3,129th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indonesian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Woud der verwachting
Fiction, Poets, Middle Ages
1989
Threshold of Fire
History, Fiction
1993
Oeroeg
1970
En la forêt de longue attente
Roman, Moyen âge, Moyen Âge
1991
Heren van de thee
historical fiction
Een Nederlandse theeplanter isoleert zich aan het eind van de negentiende eeuw steeds verder op zijn afgelegen theeplantage op Java.
1992
The scarlet city
History, Fiction
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hella Haasse ranks 2,631 out of 7,302. Before her are Waldemar Bonsels, Orson Scott Card, Abraham ibn Daud, Frederick Marryat, Józef Czapski, and Matthias Claudius. After her are Tian Han, Eric Carle, Censorinus, Tayeb Salih, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and Rahman Baba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Hella Haasse ranks 126. Before her are Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Humaira Begum, Kevin A. Lynch, George Mosse, David Ausubel, and Abraham Robinson. After her are Alexander Shelepin, Teresa Wright, Marie Smith Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Elmore James, and Abdul Haris Nasution. Among people deceased in 2011, Hella Haasse ranks 133. Before her are Lazar Mojsov, Josef Suk, Susannah York, Édouard Glissant, Peter Yates, and Andy Whitfield. After her are Osamu Dezaki, Montserrat Figueras, Lena Nyman, Michael Dummett, John Wood, and Hind Rostom.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Hella Haasse ranks 29 out of 158. Before her are Lil Dagover (1887), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Jusuf Kalla (1942), Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889), Raden Saleh (1811), and Hamengkubuwono IX (1912). After her are Adam Malik (1917), Cut Nyak Dhien (1850), Iskandar Muda (1583), Tan Malaka (1897), D. N. Aidit (1923), and Sutan Sjahrir (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Hella Haasse ranks 2. Before her are Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925). After her are Amir Hamzah (1911), Chairil Anwar (1922), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Abdul Muis (1883), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Nh. Dini (1936), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), and Ayu Utami (1968).

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