Hartog, Jan de

Hartog, Jan de

▪ Dutch-American author
born April 22, 1914, Haarlem, Netherlands
died September 22, 2002, Houston, Texas, U.S.

      Dutch-American novelist and playwright who wrote adventure stories in both Dutch and English.

      De Hartog early was an adventurer, twice running away from home to work at sea. During World War II he joined the Dutch Resistance and in 1943 was forced into hiding. Later that year he fled to England and eventually settled in the United States. His first major novel, Hollands glorie: roman van de zeesleepvaart (1947; Captain Jan: A Story of Ocean Tugboats), relates with humour the tale of a young boy's career in the merchant navy. De Hartog's later novels, written in English, are of mainly entertainment value. Among these are A Sailor's Life (1956), The Inspector (1960), The Peaceable Kingdom: An American Saga (1972), The Lamb's War (1980), The Trail of the Serpent (1983), and Star of Peace (1984). Many of the novels were adapted into films. Of his plays, the most popular is the comedy The Fourposter, first produced in 1951.

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