author
Jacob Dermout
1862–1915
Best known for vivid novels set in the Dutch East Indies, this late-19th-century Dutch writer brought colonial society, commerce, and everyday tensions to life in popular fiction. His stories often mix adventure, social observation, and a strong sense of place.
3 Audiobooks
Piong Pan Ho: Oorspronkelijke Indische roman
by Jacob Dermout
Moderne schelmen (Indië in Den Haag): Oorspronkelijke roman
by Jacob Dermout
In de koffie: Oorspronkelijke Indische Roman
by Jacob Dermout
About the author
Jacob Dermout (1862–1915) was a Dutch novelist whose work is closely linked with the Dutch East Indies. Surviving catalog and biographical records confirm his dates and list him as the author of novels including In de koffie, Moderne schelmen (Indië in Den Haag), and Piong Pan Ho.
His fiction is remembered for its colonial settings and for the way it follows people moving through plantation life, trade, and the social worlds connecting the Indies and the Netherlands. Even from the titles alone, you can see his interest in both life in the colony and what happened when that world met The Hague.
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