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R. J. Spitz

1889–1954

Best known for retelling classic Dutch literature for modern readers, this early-20th-century writer appears in Dutch literary archives as both a prose stylist and a contributor to magazines and journals.

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Een abel spel ende een edel dinc van den Hertoghe van Bruyswijc, hoe hi wert minnende des Roedelioens dochter van Abelant (Gloriant)

Een abel spel ende een edel dinc van den Hertoghe van Bruyswijc, hoe hi wert minnende des Roedelioens dochter van Abelant (Gloriant)

by R. J. Spitz

About the author

R. J. Spitz (1889–1954) is a relatively obscure figure today, but Dutch literary databases preserve a clear trace of his work. The Digital Library for Dutch Literature lists him as the author of Beatrijs. Het Middelnederlandsche gedicht in proza naverteld, published in 1916 by De Zonnebloem in Apeldoorn.

The same archive shows that he also published poetry in De Nieuwe Gids in 1920 and prose in Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift in 1925, suggesting a writer active across several literary forms. Bibliographic records there also connect his name with an edition of Den Spyeghel der Salicheyt van Elckerlijc, indicating an interest in older Dutch texts and their presentation to contemporary readers.

Beyond those documented publications, biographical details are hard to confirm from the sources found here, so his life story remains only lightly sketched. What does stand out is his role as a literary mediator: someone who helped bring medieval and historical Dutch works into accessible 20th-century print.