WRITER

Hendrik Marsman

1899 - 1940

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Hendrik Marsman (30 September 1899 – 21 June 1940) was a Dutch poet and writer. He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the S.S. Berenice, either suffered a fatal engine-room explosion, or was torpedoed by a German submarine which mistook Berenice for another vessel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Marsman is the 5,616th most popular writer (down from 5,569th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 858th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hendrik Marsman ranks 5,616 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Dmitriev, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Irawati Karve, Ludwig Ganghofer, and Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh. After him are Nirmal Verma, Sam Houser, Henry Lincoln, Kenneth Copeland, Martin Litchfield West, and Jean-Jacques Schuhl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hendrik Marsman ranks 271. Before him are Wolfgang Krull, Jaroslav Skobla, El-Registan, Anders Petersen, Ilse Bing, and Øystein Ore. After him are Alden Sanborn, Jan Lechoń, Alfred Mosher Butts, James Wong Howe, George O'Brien, and Lyman Lemnitzer. Among people deceased in 1940, Hendrik Marsman ranks 179. Before him are Dimitar Stanchov, Andrey Arkhangelsky, Bob Glendenning, George Fitzmaurice, Jacques Mairesse, and Leopold Skulski. After him are Eric Gill, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Marguerite Clark, Gabriele Possanner, Harry Stafford, and Agnes von Krusenstjerna.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Hendrik Marsman ranks 853 out of 1,646. Before him are Hugo Hovenkamp (1950), Michiel Huisman (1981), Kees Verkerk (1942), Azra Akın (1981), Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881), and Pieter Huistra (1967). After him are Ian Buruma (1951), Gustav de Vries (1866), Jan Wienese (1942), Anton Pronk (1941), Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822), and Regillio Simons (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Hendrik Marsman ranks 51. Before him are Remco Campert (1929), Thea Beckman (1923), Jan de Hartog (1914), Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Betje Wolff (1738), and Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh (1881). After him are Ian Buruma (1951), J. Bernlef (1937), J. Slauerhoff (1898), Gerrit Achterberg (1905), Guus Kuijer (1942), and Meindert DeJong (1906).

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