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E. (Elias) D'Oliveira
1886–1944
A Dutch writer and interviewer who helped shape the literary interview in the Netherlands, he is remembered for vivid conversations with major authors of his day. His life and work also reflect the story of Amsterdam’s Portuguese-Jewish community in the years before the Holocaust.
3 Audiobooks
De jongere generatie gesprekken met vertegenwoordigers van de nieuwere richting in onze literatuur; tevens een enquête naar enkele beginselen in ons nationaal geestelijk leven
by E. (Elias) D'Oliveira
Goethe: Een Levensbeschrijving
by E. (Elias) D'Oliveira
De mannen van '80 aan het woord Een onderzoek vaar eenige beginselen van de "Nieuwe-Gids"-school.
by E. (Elias) D'Oliveira
About the author
Born in Amsterdam in 1886, Eli d'Oliveira was a Dutch journalist, writer, stenographer, psychologist, and educator. He became known as one of the pioneers of the literary interview in the Netherlands, especially through books such as De mannen van '80 aan het woord (1909) and De jongere generatie (1914), which gathered conversations with important literary figures.
His range was unusually broad. Alongside his interviewing and literary work, he also wrote biography, including Goethe: Een Levensbeschrijving. Modern library and scholarly sources continue to list these books, showing the lasting interest in his contribution to Dutch literary culture.
D'Oliveira came from Amsterdam's Portuguese-Jewish community, a background that has been explored in later historical research about his family and life. He died in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944, and that tragic end has become an essential part of how his life is remembered today.