A. Alberts (1911–1995)
Author of The Islands
About the Author
Alberts, who was a civil servant in the Indies before World War II, writes incisive and ironic stories about the contradictory relationships in a colonial situation. (Bowker Author Biography)
Works by A. Alberts
Een koning die van geen nee wil horen : de Europese ambities van Lodewijk XIV, 1638-1715 (1976) 13 copies
De Hollanders komen ons vermoorden de scheiding tussen Noord- en Zuid-Nederland 1585-1648 (1975) 9 copies
Per mailboot naar de Oost : reizen met de Lloyd en de Nederland tussen 1920 en 1940 (1979) 9 copies, 1 review
De huzaren van Castricum : een geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Republiek van 1780 tot 1800 (1973) 7 copies
In de tijd gezet 7 copies
Fra de lave land og over hav : noveller fra nederlandsk-sproglig litteratur i tre verdensdeler (1976) 1 copy
Semper Mare Navogandum 1 copy
Associated Works
De Nederlandse en Vlaamse literatuur vanaf 1880 in 250 verhalen (2005) — Contributor — 78 copies, 2 reviews
Het land van Rembrandt : studiën over de Noordnederlandse beschaving in de zeventiende eeuw (1974) — Verzorger, some editions — 75 copies
Kortom korte en zeer korte verhalen uit de jaren zeventig en tachtig (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies
Lekker lui 1994 — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Alberts, A.
- Legal name
- Alberts, Albert
- Birthdate
- 1911-08-23
- Date of death
- 1995-12-16
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- writer
translator
journalist - Awards and honors
- P.C. Hooft-prijs (1995)
Constantijn Huygensprijs (1975)
Marianne Philips-prijs (1973) - Relationships
- Alberts, W. Jappe (brother)
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Birthplace
- Haarlem, Netherlands
- Burial location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Map Location
- Netherlands
- Associated Place (for map)
- Netherlands
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Reviews
This is a collection of short stories ostensibly about life in Indonesia in the 1930s by a Dutchman. The Amazon blurb happens to be particularly apt: “The islands described in this highly original collection of stories are divorced from the particularities of locale. They are a symbolic setting for those whom Herman Melville called "isolatoes"--people who live with constant loneliness, who occasionally break out of it, but who often encounter tragedy when they make an attempt.” Not my show more cup of tea but very well done. show less
A masterpiece of Dutch colonial literature about the
lives of lonely expatriates.
lives of lonely expatriates.
A masterpiece of Dutch colonial literature about the
lives of lonely expatriates.
Another copy is in Indonesia.
lives of lonely expatriates.
Another copy is in Indonesia.
Geweldige verhalenbundel waarmee Alberts debuteerde. Vooral het verhaal Groen is grote klasse. Ik bezit een eerste druk zonder stofomslag helaas en een uitgave uit de Witte Olifantreeks van uitgever Van Oorschot.
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