Anne de Vries

Anne de Vries (22 May 1904 – 29 November 1964) was a Dutch teacher and writer, particularly famous in the Netherlands for his novels of regional life.

Born in the village of Kloosterveen near Assen, de Vries married Alida Gerdina van Wermeskerken in 1930 and the couple had five children. In 1972, de Vries gained national recognition when his novel Bartje was made into a television series by Willy van Hemert. The personnage of Bartje subsequently came to symbolize the Dutch province of Drenthe.

De Vries wrote a number of regional novels, most famously the coming-of-age novel Bartje and then Bartje Seeks Happiness. He also wrote Journey through the Night, a children's book about World War II which was published in four volumes between 1951 and 1958. His Bartje books may be considered Bildungsromane.

De Vries died, aged 60, in Zeist.

Selected works Jongens van de straat, 1934 Bartje, 1935 De stroper, 1935 Jaap en Gerdientje, 1937 Op de grote heide, 1937 De grote veenbrand, 1937 Groot vertelboek voor de Bijbelse geschiedenis, 1938 Verhalen voor Kersttijd, 1948 Honderd vertellingen uit de bijbel, 1949 Het boek van Jan Willem, 1950 Reis door de nacht, 1951–1958 De ring van de profeet (Anne de Vries and Jan Fabricius), 1952 Kinderkleurbijbel (Oude testament), 1961 Twee meisjes in de tropen 1964