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Theun de Vries (1907–2005)

Author of Het meisje met het rode haar

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Works by Theun de Vries

Het zwaard, de zee en het valse hart : een sage (1966) — Author — 79 copies
Rembrandt (1931) 58 copies
Spinoza (1970) — Author — 51 copies
Baron (1987) 31 copies
Het motet voor de kardinaal (1973) 30 copies
Het geslacht Wiarda (1936) 19 copies
Meester en minnaar (1972) 18 copies
Sint-Petersburg : roman (1992) 17 copies
Stiefmoeder aarde (1936) 16 copies
Kenau (1946) 14 copies
De man met de twee levens (1972) 11 copies
Het hoofd van Haydn (1988) 11 copies
Wilde lantaarns (1940) 11 copies
Moergrobben (1964) 10 copies
Terug uit Irkoetsk : roman (1994) 10 copies
W.A.-man (1944) 10 copies
De première (1990) 9 copies
1848 (1979) 9 copies
Het zondagsbed (1975) 9 copies
Hoogverraad (1950) 8 copies
De bergreis : roman (1998) 7 copies
De vogels om het erf (1978) 7 copies
Koningssage 5 copies
Noorderzon 5 copies
De vrouweneter (1976) 4 copies
De dood kwam met muziek (1979) 2 copies
Verzen 2 copies
Zevenklappers en lampions (1979) 2 copies
Het hert (1987) 2 copies
Feuertaufe 2 copies
Materie en matrijs (1980) 2 copies
De ontsnapping (1966) 2 copies
Meesters en vrienden (1962) 2 copies
De Dood 1 copy
77 korte gedichten (1984) 1 copy
De andere deur : vier nieuwe verhalen — Contributor — 1 copy
Eidola zeven verhalen (1979) 1 copy

Associated Works

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) — Translator, some editions — 36,419 copies
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) — Translator, some editions; Afterword, some editions — 12,855 copies
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (1958) — Translator, some editions — 1,473 copies
The Quarry (1953) — Translator, some editions — 640 copies
Fabian: The Story of a Moralist (1931) — Translator, some editions — 507 copies
The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegl (1867) — Afterword, some editions — 505 copies
St. Ives (1897) — Translator, some editions — 235 copies
Freedom Road (1944) — Translator, some editions — 190 copies
Deutsche Literaturgeschichte (1963) — Translator, some editions — 58 copies
Tien verhalen (1953) — Contributor — 48 copies
Het Rode Kruis kerstboek (1986) — Contributor — 7 copies
Als een god in Friesland — Contributor — 6 copies
Het heksershol — Translator, some editions — 6 copies
Lof van Nederland (1951) — Contributor — 5 copies
Duitse letterkunde I — Translator, some editions — 4 copies
Duitse letterkunde II — Translator, some editions — 4 copies
15 verhalen uit noordelijke oorden (1987) — Contributor — 3 copies
Sarka; bittere strijd — Introduction — 2 copies
Buchenwald — Preface, some editions — 2 copies
je leest het zó — Contributor — 2 copies
Fries letterland : poëzie en proza op Friese bodem (1987) — Contributor — 1 copy

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This is a good book. I read this book after the Romanian Revolution of 1986.
The girl with red hair is Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft, born on 16.09.1920, a young Dutch woman from Haarlem, a communist fighter arrested by the Nazis on 21 March 1945 and executed on 17 April the same year.
 
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catafest | 2 other reviews | Dec 31, 2022 |
This is a good book. I read this book after the Romanian Revolution of 1986.
The girl with red hair is Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft, born on 16.09.1920, a young Dutch woman from Haarlem, a communist fighter arrested by the Nazis on 21 March 1945 and executed on 17 April the same year. She had red hair, which she dyed in order not to be recognized by the authorities who were looking for her but after being arrested, during the harsh interrogation, from the sweat and water the paint on her hair started to clean and so they gave it was the equestrians who caught one of the most sought after people in the resistance.… (more)
 
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catafest | 2 other reviews | Dec 31, 2022 |
This novel belongs to the early work of Theun de Vries. It is a historical novel set in the early Renaissance. While the historical context and the historical figure Josquin des Près a potentially very interesting background provide, the main character of the novel is a fictitious young man. The first part of the novel is gripping but later on, as focus shifts the story seems of little interest, as the role of Des Près is marginal and the main focus is on the insignificant main character. The overall atmosphere of the novel is that of young adult literature.… (more)
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