Simon Vestdijk - Definition and Overview

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)

External links

• http://www.svestdijk.nl/al/wpengels.html
• http://www.vestdijk.com (Dutch)