Herman Pieter de Boer (9 February 1928 – 1 January 2014), also known as Johnny Austerlitz, was a Dutch writer, journalist and lyricist, whose career spanned over 55 years.
Born in
Rotterdam
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South Holland
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, de Boer began his writing career in 1956 and wrote fifty novels.
Herman Pieter de Boer died following a long illness during the early hours of 1 January 2014, aged 85, in
Eindhoven
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1928 births
2014 deaths
Dutch male writers
Dutch journalists
Dutch male songwriters
Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Writers from Rotterdam
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