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B. E. van (Bertha Elisabeth) Osselen-van Delden
1847–1936
A Dutch children's writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she published stories that often centered on family life, friendship, and young readers' everyday world. Her work belongs to an earlier tradition of Dutch juvenile fiction that still offers a glimpse of its time.
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Twee Vrinden
by B. E. van (Bertha Elisabeth) Osselen-van Delden
About the author
Born in Diepenheim in 1847, she was a Dutch writer of children's books who published as B. E. van Osselen-van Delden. Reference sources identify her as Bertha Elisabeth van Osselen-van Delden and place her life between 1847 and 1936.
Her name is closely connected with Dutch juvenile literature. DBNL lists a range of her works, including titles such as Twee vrinden, Arthur's viool, Grootmoeder en kleinzoon, De poppenpartij, and 't Jodinnetje van Elspeet, showing a steady body of writing for younger readers.
She died in 1936 in Heerde. Although not widely known outside Dutch literary history today, her books remain of interest as part of the Netherlands' children's literature tradition.