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Carel van Nievelt

1843–1913

A Dutch writer and journalist with a taste for vivid storytelling, he published both under his own name and several pseudonyms. His work belongs to the late 19th-century world of literary sketches, tales, and feuilletons.

2 Audiobooks

Ontboezemingen

Ontboezemingen

by Carel van Nievelt

Chiaroscuro: Vertellingen tusschen licht en donker

by Carel van Nievelt

About the author

Born in Delfshaven on June 20, 1843, and dying in Wiesbaden on August 2, 1913, Carel van Nievelt was a Dutch writer and journalist. Sources also note that he published under the names Gabriël, Jan van den Oude, and Ypsilon.

He is remembered for fiction and prose from the late 19th century, including work such as Chiaroscuro: Vertellingen tusschen licht en donker. The surviving record available online points to a versatile literary career connected to both journalism and imaginative writing.

Because reliable biographical material that was easy to confirm is fairly limited, some details of his life and career remain unclear here. Even so, he stands out as one of those authors whose period voice still offers a window into Dutch literary culture of his time.