Top Naeff (1878-1953) was a Dutch writer.

Life

Top Naeff, the only child of strict parents, did not excel at secondary school. She married a family doctor, but later fell passionately in love with the director and actor Willem Royaards. Royaards, also married, did not reciprocate in the way she wanted. Naeff's first novel, ''School Idylls'' (1900), told the story of a teenage orphan, Jet van Marle, brought up by a loveless aunt and uncle. The novel was inspired by

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Tine van Berken Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout (18701899) was a Dutch children's writer, best known under her pseudonym Tine van Berken. She also wrote adult books under the name Anna Koubert. Life Tine van Berken was born on September 29, 1870, in Amsterdam. B ...

. In her first adult novel, ''At the Gate'' (1912), the protagonist Liesbeth van Landschot is frustrated by her violent passion for a man who is unaware of her feelings. Naeff reviewed plays widely for ''

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''. She succeeded her friend Herman Robbers as editor of ''

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'' (Elsevier's Illustrated Monthly).

Works

* ''Schoolidyllen'' chool Idylls 1900 * ''Oogst'', 1900 * ''De tweelingen'', 1901 * t Veulen'', 1903 * ''De dochter'', 1904 * ''In den dop'', 1906 * ''De stille getuige'', 1906 * ''Voor de poort'' t the Gate 1912 * ''Vriendin'', 1920 * ''Charlotte von Stein: een episode'', 1921 * ''Voorbijgangers: vier verhalen'', 1925 * ''Voorbijgangers'', 1925 * ''Letje, of De weg naar het geluk'', 1926 * ''Klein avontuur'', 1928 * ''Offers ...'' acrifices... 1932 * ''Een huis in de rij'' he Terraced House 1935 * ''Juffrouw Stolk, en andere verhalen'', 1936 * ''Willem Royaards: de tooneelkunstenaar in zijn tijd'', 1947 * ''Zo was het ongeveer'', 1951

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naeff, Top 1878 births 1953 deaths Dutch novelists Dutch journalists Dutch children's writers Dutch women children's writers