Simon Vestdijk
Simon Vestdijk (October 17, 1898-March 23, 1971) was a Dutch writer.
Born in the small city of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands.
Bibliography (selection)
- Kind tussen vier vrouwen (Child between four women, written 1933, first published 1972)
- Terug tot Ina Damman (Back to Ina Damman, 1934)
- Else Böhler (1935)
- Meneer Visser's hellevaart (Mr. Visser's perdition, 1936)
- De nadagen van Pilatus (The last days of Pilate, 1938)
- Aktaion onder de sterren (Aktaion under the stars, 1941)
- Ierse nachten (Irish nights, 1946)
- Pastorale 1943 (1948)
- De redding van Fré Bolderhey (Fré Bolderhey's salvation, 1948)
- De kellner en de levenden (The waiter and the living, 1949)
- De koperen tuin (The copper garden, 1950)
- Ivoren wachters (Ivory guardians, 1951)
- Het glinsterend pantser (The shining armour, 1956)
- De ziener (The seer, 1959)
- Een moderne Antonius (A modern Antonius, 1960)
