Suze La Chapelle-Roobol

Born in The Hague, Suze la Chapelle-Roobol was a Dutch author and translator who worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sources consulted during this search describe her as growing up in the artistic world of The Hague, and bibliographic records connect her with a long list of novels and shorter works published over several decades.

She wrote fiction of her own, including titles such as Drie novellen, Nora, Verschil van mening, and De familie de Regt. She is especially noted in German and Dutch references for Stijfkopje als grootmoeder, the book that became known in German as Trotzkopf als Großmutter, linking her name to the well-known Trotzkopf girls' book tradition.

Alongside her original writing, she also worked as a translator, which helped broaden her reach across Dutch and German-reading audiences. She died in The Hague in 1923, leaving behind a body of work that shows both literary versatility and a strong place in Dutch popular reading culture of her time.