Simon Vestdijk

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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.

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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, also, The garden where the brass band played, 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)