author
Herman Johan Robbers
1868–1937
A Dutch novelist, poet, and magazine editor, he wrote with a realist eye for everyday life and family tensions. His best-known work, the multi-volume "De roman van een gezin," helped make him a notable voice in early 20th-century Dutch literature.
3 Audiobooks
De vreemde plant
by Herman Johan Robbers
De bruidstijd van Annie de Boogh
by Herman Johan Robbers
De roman van Bernard Bandt
by Herman Johan Robbers
About the author
Born in Rotterdam on September 4, 1868, Herman Johan Robbers became known in the Netherlands as a novelist, poet, and literary magazine editor. He died in Amsterdam on September 15, 1937.
Robbers is often linked with Dutch realism and is especially remembered for De roman van een gezin, a large-scale family novel published in 1909–1910. He also wrote works including De bruidstijd van Annie de Boogh and Een mannenleven, building a reputation for careful observation of social life and character.
Alongside his fiction, he was active in literary journalism and editing, which gave him an important place in Dutch literary culture of his time. For listeners coming to his work now, he offers thoughtful stories about people, households, and the pressures of ordinary life.