Havank
Havank, pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen (February 19, 1904 – June 22, 1964), was a Dutch writer, journalist, and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dutch detective genre.[1]
Biography
Van der Kallen was born in
During World War II, Havank worked as an editor, and occasionally as a war correspondent, for the London edition of the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland. Shortly after the war, he was invited to ghost-write the memoirs of Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, the original spycatcher. These memoirs were serialized in the News Chronicle.
Havank also translated some 45 novels into
Havank lived most of his life abroad in the south of
References
- ^ ISBN 9780761825678.
- ISBN 9781614991366.
External links
Media related to Havank at Wikimedia Commons