Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 – 22 November 1924), was a Dutch writer. Heijermans was born in

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, into a liberal

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family, the fifth of the 11 children of Herman and Matilda (Moses) Spiers. Painter Marie Heijermans was his sister. In the ''

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'' daily, he published a series of sketches of Jewish family life under the pseudonym of Samuel Falkland, which were collected in volume form. His novels and tales include ''Trinette'' (1892), ''Fles'' (1893), ''Kamertjeszonde'' (2 vols, 1896), ''Interieurs'' (1897), ''Diamantstad'' (2 vols, 1903). He created great interest by his play ''

Op Hoop van Zegen '' The Good Hope (''from Dutch: ''Op Hoop van Zegen''; more literally: ''Hoping for the best)'' is a Dutch play written by Herman Heijermans in 1900/1901. It takes place in a fishing village, with the conflict between the fishermen and their em ...

'' (1900), an indictment of the exploitation of sea fishermen in the Netherlands at the turn of the century, represented at the Théâtre Antoine in

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, and in English by the Stage Society as ''The Good Hope''. His other plays are: ''Dora Kremer'' (1893), ''Ghetto'' (1898), ''Het zevende Gebod'' (1899), ''Het Pantser'' (1901), ''Ora et labora'' (1901), and numerous one-act pieces. ''A Case of Arson'', an English version of the one-act play ''Brand in de Jonge Jan'', was notable for the impersonation (1904 and 1905) by Henri de Vries of all the seven witnesses who appear as characters. Heijermans died in

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at age 59, and is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.

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