Rob Nieuwenhuys
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Robert Nieuwenhuys (30 June 1908 – 8 November 1999) was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his father was the managing director of the renowned Hotel des Indes.
Rob Nieuwenhuys | |
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Born | Robert Nieuwenhuijs (1908-06-30)30 June 1908 Semarang, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 8 November 1999(1999-11-08) (aged 91) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Occupation | Writer, author, journalist, historian |
Nationality | Dutch |
His Indies childhood profoundly influenced his life and work. His Javanese nanny 'nènèk' (English: grandma) Tidjah and particularly his Eurasian mother created the benchmarks of his childhood environment. In his award winning book Oost-Indische spiegel, he states: "If I write about my childhood, I write about her world." and "My Indies youth was critical to my receptiveness to particular cultural patterns. It ingrained a relationship with Indonesia that is irreplaceable."
Nieuwenhuys is the Nestor of Dutch Indies literature.