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Willem Frederik Hermans

1921 - 1995

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Willem Frederik Hermans (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈfreːdərɪk ˈɦɛrmɑns]; 1 September 1921 – 27 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The House of Refuge (novella, 1952), The Darkroom of Damocles (novel, 1958), and Beyond Sleep (novel, 1966). After World War II, Hermans tried to live off his writing exclusively, but as his country was recovering from the Occupation, he had no opportunity to sustain himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Frederik Hermans has received more than 111,382 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Willem Frederik Hermans is the 3,005th most popular writer (up from 3,015th in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 447th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Willem Frederik Hermans ranks 3,005 out of 5,755Before him are Lars Norén, Yang Jiang, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Felix Timmermans, Charles Blanc, and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan. After him are Eugène Burnouf, Rolf Hochhuth, Grigore Vieru, Janet Frame, Anthony Horowitz, and Robert McKee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Willem Frederik Hermans ranks 186Before him are Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Milorad Pavić, Andrzej Munk, Juan Zambudio Velasco, Giorgio Strehler, and Augusto Monterroso. After him are Blaže Koneski, Nancy Kelly, Brian Keith, Grigory Chukhray, Amedeo Amadei, and John Stott. Among people deceased in 1995, Willem Frederik Hermans ranks 132Before him are Dmitri Shepilov, James Samuel Coleman, Erik Nilsson, Osvaldo Pugliese, John Brunner, and Ashapurna Devi. After him are Nancy Kelly, Luis Regueiro, Savely Kramarov, Claudio Brook, Dany Robin, and Michael V. Gazzo.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Frederik Hermans ranks 467 out of 1,427Before him are Willem de Vlamingh (1640), Virgil van Dijk (1991), Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Ernesto Hoost (1965), and Dirk Stikker (1897). After him are Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Joachim Wtewael (1566), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Albert Eckhout (1610), Dick Nanninga (1949), and Nicolaes Witsen (1641).

Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Willem Frederik Hermans ranks 24Before him are Isaac Titsingh (1745), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Jan Luyken (1649), and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581). After him are Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Jan Wolkers (1925), Bertus Aafjes (1914), and Simon Vestdijk (1898).