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Emmy J. Belinfante
1875–1944
A pioneering Dutch journalist and children’s writer, she helped open space for women’s voices in the press while also publishing fiction for younger readers. Her life joined literary work, public debate, and a tragic end during the Holocaust.
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Het hol van Kaan
by Emmy J. Belinfante
About the author
Born in The Hague in 1875, Emmy J. Belinfante grew up in a liberal Jewish family with deep ties to publishing and journalism. She became known in the Netherlands as a journalist, feminist, and author of children’s books, and is often remembered as an early woman journalist in The Hague.
She worked for De Nieuwe Courant and wrote columns including women-focused features, at a time when newsroom careers were still largely closed to women. Alongside her journalism, she published a number of children’s books under the name Emmy Belinfante-Belinfante.
Belinfante’s life was cut short during World War II. As a Jewish woman in the occupied Netherlands, she was deported and died in 1944, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both her literary interests and her place in the history of Dutch journalism.