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Rob Nieuwenhuys (Robert Nieuwenhuijs) was born on 30 June, 1908 in Semarang, Dutch East Indies, is a Dutch writer. Discover Rob Nieuwenhuys's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Robert Nieuwenhuijs
Occupation Writer, author, journalist, historian
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1908
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Date of death 8 November, 1999
Died Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch East Indies

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1908

Robert Nieuwenhuys (30 June 1908 – 8 November 1999) was a Dutch writer of Indo descent.

The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his father was the managing director of the renowned Hotel des Indes.

His Indies childhood profoundly influenced his life and work.

His Javanese nanny 'nènèk' (English: grandma) Tidjah and particularly his Eurasian mother created the benchmarks of his childhood environment.

In his award winning book Oost-Indische spiegel, he states: "If I write about my childhood, I write about her world."

and "My Indies youth was critical to my receptiveness to particular cultural patterns. It ingrained a relationship with Indonesia that is irreplaceable."

Nieuwenhuys is the Nestor of Dutch Indies literature.

Nieuwenhuys was born in Semarang, Dutch East Indies.

1927

In 1927 he (and his brother) moved to the Netherlands and enrolled in the University of Leiden, but he abhorred academic life and never completed his study at the Faculty of Arts.

He did however become acquainted with Indonesian nationalists studying in the Netherlands and adopted anti-colonial convictions.

1935

In 1935 he returned to the Dutch East Indies and befriended his mentor, the iconic Indo writer E. du Perron.

Perron influenced him to study the literary work of P.A. Daum and upcoming writer Beb Vuyk.

He joined anti-colonial magazines as a writer, researcher and critic.

1941

In 1941 he was a conscript medic in the KNIL and from 1942 to 1945 a Japanese POW.

In the Japanese concentration camp Tjimahi he was part of a small group of intellectuals, including Leo Vroman and the iconic Tjalie Robinson, that for a while was able to print a camp periodical named 'Kampkroniek' (Camp Chronicles) and a pamphlet named 'Onschendbaar Domein' (Inviolable Domain).

1945

From 1945–1947 he stayed in the Netherlands to recuperate from the war and evaded the violence of the Bersiap period.

1947

In 1947 he returned to his land of birth during the continuing Indonesian revolution and set up a cultural and literary magazine in an attempt to mitigate the Dutch-Indonesian alienation via art and literature.

Although Indonesian intellectuals and artists were receptive to this unique forum political developments and strong anti-Dutch sentiments surpassed all good intentions.

1952

In 1952, 4 years into Indonesian independence, Nieuwenhuys repatriated to the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands Nieuwenhuys became a teacher and pursued a literary career.

1983

He became a highly influential literary scholar and author and won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1983 Constantijn Huygens Prize.

He died in Amsterdam.

Nieuwenhuys' magnum opus is the authoritative literary classic Mirror of the Indies: A History of Dutch Colonial Literature (Original Dutch: Oost-Indische spiegel), the main reference book regarding Dutch Indies literature

1999

'Mirror of the Indies: A History of Dutch Colonial Literature' translated from Dutch by E. M. Beekman (Publisher: Periplus, 1999) Book review.

Nieuwenhuys, Rob Mirror of the Indies: A History of Dutch Colonial Literature translated from Dutch by E. M. Beekman (Publisher: Periplus, 1999)