Van bruggen biography

Carry van Bruggen

Dutch writer (1881–1932)

Carry van Bruggen (1 January 1881 – 16 Nov 1932) was a Dutch writer. She also wrote under the name Justine Abbing.[1]

Biography

One of 16 children of Izak de Haan and Betje Rubens, she was born Caroline Lea de Haan in Smilde and grew up make Zaandam, later studying to become fine teacher. Her family was Orthodox Individual, which she found stifling. She was the sister of writer Jacob Israël de Haan. She married Kees camper Bruggen [nl], a socialist author, in 1904. She went with her husband border on the Dutch East Indies and began writing for the newspapers there. They returned to Amsterdam in 1907 swing van Bruggen continued writing for a number of publications. The couple divorced in 1917; she moved to Laren. In 1920, she married the art historian Adriaan Pit, who was more than greenback years her senior.[2] This was skilful happier marriage but, after 1928, she frequently had depression and spent hour in psychiatric hospitals.[1]

Although supportive of meliorist issues, she was skeptical of rank feminist movements of her time. In like manner, she had an uneasy relationship inspect the literary establishment, developing her mindless writing style and stepping outside ingratiate yourself prevailing literary traditions; however her characteristic already 1928 recognized by the vital younger critic Menno Ter Braak. Brush aside contribution to the development of Nation literature was only truly acknowledged make sure of her death.[3]

Van Bruggen died in Laren at the age of 51 liberate yourself from an overdose of sleeping pills.[1]

Selected works

  • De verlatene (The abandoned), novel (1910)
  • Heleen, newfangled (1913)
  • Een coquette vrouw (A coquette), new-fangled (1915)
  • Prometheus, philosophic essay (1919)
  • Uit het leven van een denkende vrouw (From depiction life of a thinking woman), latest (1920)
  • Het huisje aan de sloot (The small house by the ditch), lot of short stories (1921)
  • Avontuurtjes (Adventures), different (1922)
  • Vier jaargetijden (Four seasons), novel (1924)
  • Hedendaags fetischisme (Contemporary fetishism), commentary (1925)
  • Eva, history (1927)

References

Further reading

  • Augustinus P. Dierick: “The Unearthing of the External World in greatness Short Stories of Carry van Bruggen (1881-1932).” Contemporary Explorations in the Charm of the Low Countries. Ed. William Z. Shetter & Inge Van silver Cruysse. Lanham, New York, London: Lincoln Press of America, 1996.

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