author
Suze (Suzanna Maria) Andriessen
1850–1924
A popular Dutch writer of children's and girls' books in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she helped bring a livelier, more cheerful tone to young readers' fiction. Her stories were widely read in her day and are now a window into the world of earlier Dutch children's literature.
1 Audiobook
Klimop: Drie verhalen voor jongens en meisjes
by Suze (Suzanna Maria) Andriessen
About the author
Born in Amsterdam on January 16, 1850, Suze Andriessen wrote under the name Suze Andriessen, though her full name was Suzanna Maria Andriessen. She became known for books for children and especially for girls, and Dutch literary reference sources describe her as a popular and even somewhat forward-looking writer for her time.
Andriessen's work appeared in an era when girls' books were often strongly didactic. Later descriptions of her writing note that she helped make the genre feel brighter and more engaging by paying closer attention to everyday child life, especially the lives of girls. She also collaborated with her father, Pieter Jacob Andriessen, on at least one work.
She lived from 1850 to 1924 and died in Amsterdam on April 14, 1924. While her books are now seen as very much of their period, they remain part of the history of Dutch juvenile literature and still surface in literary archives and digital libraries today.