Henriette Roland Holst-van der Schalk (1869–1952)
Author of Het vuur brandde voort : levensherinneringen, con fuoco
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Image credit: Portrait by M. de Klerk (1884-1923)
Works by Henriette Roland Holst-van der Schalk
Lyriek 5 copies
Romain Rolland 4 copies
Het offer 3 copies
"Waarom schrijf je nooit meer?" briefwisseling Henriette Roland Holst-Henk Sneevliet (1995) 3 copies
Het Feest der Gedachtenis 3 copies
Tolstoi 2 copies
Het leed der mensheid laat mij vaak niet slapen bloemlezing uit het proza van Henriëtte Roland Holst (1984) 2 copies
Opwaartse wegen 2 copies
Jeugdwerk 1884 - 1892 2 copies
De weg tot eenheid 2 copies
Romankunst als levensschool 1 copy
Herman Gorter 1 copy
Dante Gabriël Rossetti 1 copy
Frateco en la vivpraktiko 1 copy
Sterft, oude vormen en gedachten : een beschouwing over den strijd der Oostenrijksche arbeiders 1 copy
Verzonken grenzen 1 copy
Tusschen twee werelden 1 copy
In memoriam Herman Gorter 1 copy
Brood bakken 1 copy
Die revolutionäre Partei 1 copy
Het feest der gedachtenis 1 copy
Het vuur brandde voort 1 copy
Invallen en uitvallen (met een voorwoord van Henriëtte Roland Holst) — Preface — 1 copy
Associated Works
Domweg gelukkig, in de Dapperstraat : de bekendste gedichten uit de Nederlandse literatuur (1990) — Contributor — 211 copies
De Nederlandse poëzie van de negentiende en twintigste eeuw in duizend en enige gedichten (1979) — Contributor, some editions — 194 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Nieuwe Nederlandsche lyriek : Een bloemlezing van 100 Noord-Nederlandsche, Vlaamsche en Zuid-Afrikaansche gedichten… (1927) — Contributor — 2 copies
Door het donker — Introduction, some editions — 1 copy
Blijspel achter blinden 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Henriette
- Legal name
- Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Henriëtte Goverdina Anna
- Other names
- Roland Holst, Henriette
- Birthdate
- 1869-12-24
- Date of death
- 1952-11-21
- Burial location
- Gecremeerd
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Country (for map)
- Nederland
- Birthplace
- Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
- Place of death
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Places of residence
- Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands (birth)
Amsterdam, Netherlands (death) - Occupations
- poet
biographer
journalist
playwright
magazine editor
autobiographer - Relationships
- Roland Holst, R.N. (husband)
- Short biography
- Henriette Roland Holst-van der Schalk was born in Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, to an affluent, liberal family. She attended boarding school in Arnhem, studied French in Liege, and after leaving school filled her time with music and literature. She became a published poet in 1893 and went on to write works on politics, history, and philosophy.
In 1896, she married Richard Roland Holst, an artist. Around the same time, she became politically active, and joined the Dutch Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP). She rise to a position in the party leadership and served as a delegate to the International body, where she met prominent Marxists such as Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and Leon Trotsky.
She later joined the Communist Workers' Party of the Netherlands. Her nickname was Jet, and she became known by the public as Rode Jet ("Red Jet"). She struggled with various illnesses, including depression, anorexia, anemia, and heart disease, but worked as often as she could to improve the lives of workers, women, and youth.
Among other things, she wrote the Dutch text for The Internationale; plays and radio plays; biographies of Luxemburg, Rousseau, Gandhi and Tolstoy; and journalism. During World War II, she was active in the Dutch Resistance, as editor of its magazine De Vonk, then De Vlam. Towards the end of her life, she published an autobiography, Het vuur brandde voort, The Fire Burned On (1949).
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