Busken Huet, Conrad |
| THEOLOGIAN, LITERARY CRITIC, WRITER (THE NETHERLANDS) |
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BORN 28 Dec 1826, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland - DIED 1 May 1886, Paris: Rue de L'Université 10 CAUSE OF DEATH broken artery GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 17, ligne 02, sud) |
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Conrad Busken Huet studied in Geneva en Lausanne and entered the church in Haarlem as a pastor in 1851. In 1859 he married the teacher Anna Dorothée van der Tholl and in 1860 they had a son, Gideon. In 1863 he resigned from the church and attempted a career as a journalist. He left for Java (Dutch East Indies) in 1868 to edit a newspaper. In 1872 his first volume of "Literary Fantasies" made him famous. It contained pieces of literary ctiticism. During time on Java he wrote his only novel, "Lidewyde". After his return for Java he settled in Paris where he lived for the rest of his life. His wrote for several newspapers and magazines, including the Dutch literary magazine "De Gids". His brilliant style of writing strongly contrasted with the stiff literary life in the Netherlands. After he died in 1886 he was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. Anne Busken Huet was buried beside him in 1898. His long neglected grave was restored in 1995 by Luc Ingels. Related persons • was a friend of Bosboom-Toussaint, Geertruida |
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 The grave of Conrad Busken Huet at the Montparnasse cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (27 Aug 2001) |
Sources • Heessen, Hans, Harry Jansen & Ed Schilders, Waar ligt Poot?, De Prom, Baarn, 1997 • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Conrad Busken Huet - Wikipedia (EN) |
