Marie Ovink-Soer

Born in 1860, Marie C.E. Ovink-Soer was a Dutch author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The SHEWROTE database lists her lifespan as 1860–1937 and places her in the Netherlands, while DBNL records a body of fiction and prose published under her name.

Her writing moved across audiences and genres. DBNL lists early pieces in periodicals such as De Hollandsche Lelie and later books including De Canneheuveltjes, Hoe Puck 'n Canneheuveltje werd, and De familie Mummelgraag, showing that she wrote both general prose and children’s literature. Project Gutenberg also preserves Vrouwenleven in de Dessa, a work centered on women’s lives in a Javanese village.

Ovink-Soer is also remembered in connection with Kartini: historical references note that Kartini and her sisters visited her for piano and handicrafts lessons in Jepara. That link helps place her within the social world of the Dutch East Indies, a setting that also shaped some of her writing.