About F. Springer
Lived 1932 – 2011 (aged 79). F. Springer was a Dutch writer, diplomat and poet lawyer.
F. Springer (15 January 1932 – 7 November 2011) was the pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider, a Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer.
Schneider was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. He spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp, ), and Tehran all of which have served as locations for the novels and stories which he has published.
His laconic style has been compared to that of F. Scott Fitzgerald or Graham Greene, and the concept of "Times Gone By", a nostalgia for life in the former Dutch colonies in the East.
For Bougainville he received the Ferdinand Bordewijk award in 1982 and was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire work in 1995. He died in The Hague.
Partial bibliography 1962 – Bericht uit Hollandia (stories) 1969 – De gladde paal van macht. Een politieke legende (novel) 1974 – Tabee, New York (novel) 1977 – Zaken overzee (stories) 1981 – Bougainville. Een gedenkschrift (novel) 1985 – Quissama. Een relaas (novel) 1990 – Sterremeer. Een romance (novella) 1991 – Teheran, een zwanezang (novel) 1993 – Bandoeng-Bandung. Een novelle (novella) 1998 – Kandy. Een terugtocht (novel) 2001 – Verzameld werk (collected works) 2005 – Bangkok, een elegie (novel) 2010 – Quadriga (novel)
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Who was F. Springer?
Dutch novelist, writer and diplomat (1932-2011)
When was F. Springer born?
F. Springer was born on 15 January 1932 in Batavia.
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F. Springer died on 7 November 2011 in The Hague.
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F. Springer was a writer, diplomat and poet lawyer.
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F. Springer was Dutch.
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