Salomon Herman "Sal" Hamburger (11 July 1898 – 14 November 1946), known under his

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Herman de Man, was a Dutch novelist.

Life and work

Salomon Herman Hamburger was born on 11 July 1898 in

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in the Netherlands. De Man, son of businessman Herman Salomon Hamburger and Sarah Cohen Schavrien, grew up in the Lopikerwaard area. His family has lived in

, Benschop,

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and Gouda. Many of his later novels are set in the places where he grew up. His novel ''The rising waters'', which appeared in 1991, the 30th print, is located in the Lopikerwaard. The book received wide publicity, partly because it was made into a 1986 eight-part television series: six million viewers viewed this series that year. It was then repeated several times, most recently in 2011. De Man died in an airplane crash on 14 November 1946 during a third unsuccessful landing attempt of a Douglas C-47 of KLM. The aircraft was following a course correction and crashed to the ground. All 21 passengers and 5 crew were killed.

Works

* ''De barre winter van negentig'' * ''Rijshout en rozen'' * ''Het wassende water'' * ''Van winter tot winter'' * ''Aardebanden'' * ''Zonen van de Paardekop'' * ''Geiten'' * ''Heilig Pietje de Booy'' * ''Kapitein Aart Luteyn & Aart Luteyn de andere'' * ''De koets'' * ''Stoombootje in de mist & Scheepswerf de Kroonprinces''

References

Biography
at the

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External links

Hamburger Biography, Salomon Herman (1898-1946)
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Biography, Herman de Man
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1898 births 1946 deaths Dutch male novelists People from Woerden People from Lopik 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch male writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers {{Netherlands-writer-stub