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J. P. (Johannes Petrus) Hasebroek
1812–1896
A Dutch writer, poet, and Protestant minister, he wrote with warmth and wit and was also known by the pen name Jonathan. Best remembered as one of the nineteenth-century "minister-poets," he moved easily between sermons, verse, and lively prose.
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Waarheid en droomen
by J. P. (Johannes Petrus) Hasebroek
About the author
Born in Leiden on November 6, 1812, Johannes Petrus Hasebroek became known in Dutch literary life as a writer, poet, and preacher. He studied theology at Leiden and later served as a minister in places including Heiloo, Breda, Middelburg, and Amsterdam.
He was part of the circle often associated with the Dutch dominee-dichters, the "minister-poets" who brought religious life and literature close together. Hasebroek also wrote under the pseudonym Jonathan, a name closely tied to some of his best-known work and his lighter, more playful side.
Hasebroek died in Amsterdam in 1896. His long career left behind sermons, poems, prose, letters, and portraits that show a figure who belonged to both the church and the literary world of the nineteenth-century Netherlands.