Dermoût, Maria (1888–1962)
Dermoût, Maria (1888–1962)
Dutch novelist. Name variations: Maria Dermout. Born Helena Antonia Maria Elisabeth Ingerman, 1888, in Dutch East Indies, lived in Java and Moluccas; died 1962; married, 1907.
Educated in Netherlands but returned to Dutch East Indies (1905); lived in Java and Moluccas before returning to Netherlands (1933); writings, which are similar to Indonesian stories in style and themes, include Nog pas gisteren (1959, trans. as Days Before Yesterday, 1960), De tienduizend dingen (1955, trans. as The Ten Thousand Things, 1983); collected works were published as Verzameld Werk (1970 and 1974).
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