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Dutch children's writer

Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout (1870 – 1899) was a Dutch children's writer, best known under her pseudonym Tine van Berken. She also wrote adult books under the name Anna Koubert.

Life

Tine van Berken was born on September 29, 1870, in Amsterdam. Between 1894 and 1899, she wrote a large number of books for girls.

In 1899, she founded the journal Lente: Weekblad voor jonge dames . She corresponded with Top Naeff about placing an article in Spring, and read Naeff's novel Schoolidyllen . However, she died from tuberculosis on December 7, 1899.

The Flemish magic realist writer Johan Daisne wrote a biography of her, Tine van Berken of de intelligentie der ziel (1962).

Works

As Tine van Berken
  • Een klaverblad van vier , 1894
  • De familie Berewoud , 1895
  • Hans en Hanna , 1896
  • Meidorens: drie verhalen, 1896
  • Mijn zusters en ik , 1896
  • (tr.) Mooie Bruno, 1896. Translated from the English Beautiful Joe by Margaret Marshall Saunders.
  • Wilde wingerd: drie verhalen , 1896
  • De dochters van den generaal , 1897
  • Driftkopje: een verhaal, 1897
  • Kleine menschen: drie verhalen , 1897
  • Op kostschool en thuis , 1897
  • Rietje's pop , 1897
  • Heintje Pochhans, 1898
  • Kibbelaarstertje, 1898
  • Lachebekje: een verhaal, 1898
  • Regen en zonneschijn: drie verhalen , 1898
  • Kruidje-roer-me-niet, 1899
  • De berewoudjes , 1900
  • Van een grootmoeder en zeven kleinkinderen , 1900
  • Robbedoes, 1905
  • Rudi Willenborg, 1909
  • Hedwigs St. Nicolaasfeest , 1914
  • Ons zonnetje: een verhaal , 1915
As Anna Koubert
  • Nieuwe paneeltjes , Amsterdam, 1894
  • Een scheepje zonder roer , Amsterdam, 1895
  • Confetti, Amsterdam, 1898
  • Moeder Wassink , Amsterdam, 1900

References

  1. Suzanna van Dijk (2004). I Have Heard about You: Foreign Women's Writing Crossing the Dutch Border: from Sappho to Selma Lagerlöf. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 318. ISBN 90-6550-752-3.
  2. Tine van Berken

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