Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout

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. Between 1894 and 1899, she wrote a large number of books for girls.

In 1899, she founded the journal Lente: Weekblad voor jonge dames [Spring: Young Ladies' Weekly Magazine]. She corresponded with Top Naeff about placing an article in Spring, and read Naeff's novel Schoolidyllen [School Idylls]. However, she died from tuberculosis on December 7, 1899.

The Flemish magic realist writer Johan Daisne wrote a biography of her, Tine van Berken of de intelligentie der ziel [Tine van Berken, or the intelligence of the soul] (1962).

Works

As Tine van Berken Een klaverblad van vier [A four-leaf clover], 1894 De familie Berewoud [The Berewoud family], 1895 Hans en Hanna [Hans and Hanna], 1896 Meidorens: drie verhalen, 1896 Mijn zusters en ik [My sisters and I], 1896 (tr.) Mooie Bruno, 1896. Translated from the English Beautiful Joe by Margaret Marshall Saunders. Wilde wingerd: drie verhalen [Virginia creeper: three stories], 1896 De dochters van den generaal [The daughters of the general], 1897 Driftkopje: een verhaal, 1897 Kleine menschen: drie verhalen [Little people: three stories], 1897 Op kostschool en thuis [At boarding school and at home], 1897 Rietje's pop [Rietje's doll], 1897 Heintje Pochhans, 1898 Kibbelaarstertje, 1898 Lachebekje: een verhaal, 1898 Regen en zonneschijn: drie verhalen [Rain and sunshine: three stories], 1898 Kruidje-roer-me-niet, 1899 De berewoudjes [The mountain forests], 1900 Van een grootmoeder en zeven kleinkinderen [From a grandmother and seven grandchildren], 1900 Robbedoes, 1905 Rudi Willenborg, 1909 Hedwigs St. Nicolaasfeest [Hedwig's Saint Nicholas feast], 1914 Ons zonnetje: een verhaal [Our sunshine: a story], 1915

As Anna Koubert Nieuwe paneeltjes [New panels], Amsterdam, 1894 Een scheepje zonder roer [A boat without a rudder], Amsterdam, 1895 Confetti, Amsterdam, 1898 Moeder Wassink [Mother Wassink], Amsterdam, 1900