Portnoy, Ethel (1927–2004)
Portnoy, Ethel (1927–2004)
Dutch essayist and playwright. Born Mar 8, 1927, in Philadelphia, PA; grew up in New York; died May 25, 2004 in The Hague; m. Rudy Kousbroek (Dutch writer), 1951; children: 2.
Entered University of Lyon on a Fulbright (1950); lived in Paris and worked of UNESCO; moved to the Hague, Netherlands (1970); works in Dutch include Steen en been (1971), Broodje Aap (1978), Vliegende vellen (1983), Vluchten (1984), and Rook over Rusland (1990); with Hannes Meinkema and Hanneke van Buuren, founded literary magazine Chrysallis (1978–81).
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