Arthur van Schendel
Encyclopedia
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is Het fregatschip Johanna Maria.
Prizes
- 1931 - C.W. van der Hoogtprijs for Het fregatschip Johanna Maria
- 1933 - TollensprijsTollensprijsThe Tollens Prize, Dutch Tollensprijs, is an quinquennial award in the Netherlands designed to provide a five prominent literary honor. The prize is awarded for a body of work that, in the opinion of the jury, had the highest literary value in the preceding five years.The award, established by the...
for his entire oeuvre - 1947 - P.C. HooftprijsP. C. Hooft AwardThe P.C. Hooft Award is a Dutch language literary oeuvre award, given annually. The award is alternately given for prose , essays and poetry....
for Het oude huis