Max Nord
Jacob Julius Max Nord (1 April 1916 – 28 February 2008) was a Dutch journalist, writer, and translator. He was one of the main editors of Het Parool, an illegal Dutch newspaper founded during World War II.
Biography
Before and during the war
Nord studied political sciences in Paris, and from 1938 on worked as a reporter for the Dutch daily
After the war
After the end of World War II he edited the paper's art section. When chief editor Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart left, in 1950, he acted as the paper's temporary chief editor, not deeming himself good enough to become the permanent chief editor.[1] He then became a correspondent in Paris.[6] In 1987 he attended the two-month trial in Lyon at which war criminal Klaus Barbie was sentenced, and wrote about it in a series of articles for Vrij Nederland and a book, Klaus Barbie: een van ons (1989).[6]
He wrote extensively on the Netherlands during World War II, including an illustrated book on Amsterdam during the
Nord also wrote books on
Max Nord was president of the Dutch voorzitter van de Vereniging van Schrijvers en Vertalers, the Dutch association of writers and translators.[1] He died at age 91. His obituary in NRC Handelsblad noted that he was "a modest and thoughtful man, who gladly shared his immense knowledge of journalism and literature. With increasing frequency he became the last one who had experienced it all himself and had known the big names from history".[1]
Selected bibliography
- Over Duitschland (1945, translation of Refléxions sur l'Allemagne by André Gide[2]
- Amsterdam tijdens de hongerwinter (1947)[7]
- Albert Helman; een inleiding tot zijn werk (1949)
- Alexander Cohen, een andersdenkende (1960)
- Luigi Pirandello (De Bezige Bij, 1962)[11]
- De pijn om zo te leven en andere verhalen (1967; translation of short stories by ISBN 9021497190
- De aarde en de dood (1989; translation of La terra e la morte by ISBN 9071855066
- Klaus Barbie: een van ons. Kwadraat. 1989. ISBN 9789064810824.
- Josepha Mendels: portret van een kunstenaar (1991) ISBN 9011919556
- Verzen (1994; gedichten) ISBN 9069752662
- Het grote avontuur (1994; translation of ISBN 9025301622
- Achterwaarts: memoires (1998; autobiography) ISBN 9029057475
References
- ^ a b c d e f Gelder, Henk van. "Max Nord (1916-2008)". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9781571134936.
- ^ "De angst van Paroolmannen van het eerste uur". Het Parool (in Dutch). 3 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ Gelder, Henk van. "Het Amsterdam van Simon Carmiggelt" (in Dutch). Ons Amsterdam. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ISBN 9789029592178.
- ^ a b "Schrijver en journalist Max Nord (91) overleden". Trouw (in Dutch). 29 February 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ ISBN 9781595588494.
- ISBN 9781416594543.
- ISBN 9789065504357.
- ISBN 9781135213220.
- ^ Leyman, Dirk (29 February 2008). "Auteur en criticus Max Nord (91) overleden" (in Dutch). De Papieren Man. Retrieved 7 July 2015.