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Hannemieke Stamperius

1943 – 2022

Dutch author, feminist

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Lived 1943 – 2022 (aged 79). Hannemieke Stamperius was a Dutch writer and women's rights activist.

Johanna Maria Jelles (Hannemieke) Stamperius (12 September 1943 in Tiel – 22 November 2022 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch feminist writer and critic. She published literary criticism and feminist scholarship under her own name, and literary work under the pseudonyms Hannes Meinkema. She used the pseudonym Justa Abbing to write four other novels, mostly thrillers.

Her third novel En dan is er koffie (1976), is considered an important early Dutch feminist novel; she was praised for her descriptions of the everyday life of women, and is considered the godmother of Dutch feminist literature. In 1978, she and Ethel Portnoy founded a literary journal for writing by women, Chrysallis. partially on the recommendation of Renate Dorrestein, who referred to Stamperius, who was her mentor for her first novels, as her "literary stepmother".

Stamperius is praised for her activism as an anthologist of women's writing, having anthologized the work of Dutch- and English-language women writers. She was responsible for reissues of books by Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken, Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, and Vita Sackville West (for whom her daughter is named).

As Hannemieke Stamperius Zie je wel: verhalen over vrouwen door vrouwen (1980, short stories from English-language women writers, ) Vrouwen en literatuur: een inleiding (1980, essay, ) 24 manieren om in tranen uit te breken: Nederlandse verhalen door vrouwen over vrouwen (1981, ) Kind met zes tenen (1986, collection of stories by Dutch women writers, ) In haar uppie (1987, short stories by contemporary English-language women writers, ) Het verbeelde beest (1988, essay, ) Onder twee ogen (1988, anthology of diary selections by English-language women writers, ) Weet je nog, die baby ben jij (1989, children's book, illustrated by Magda van Tilburg, ) Op eigen hand (1989, anthology of diary selections mostly by Dutch and Flemish authors, ) Een om mee te praten (1990, zeventien verschillende schrijfsters geven in een kort verhaal hun visie op de ideale man, ) Een schrale troost (1991, stories by contemporary Dutch women writers, ) In haar dromen (1992, stories by contemporary English-language women writers on happiness, ) Moeders kindje (1992, autobiography, ) Moeder en kind (1993, stories by contemporary foreign women writers on the relationship between mother and child, ) Moeders mooiste (1994, stories by contemporary Dutch women writers on the relationship between mother and child, ) Vrouwen van de wereld in 1000 bladzijden (1996, stories by contemporary women writers, ) Het meisje van Loch Ness (1996, young adults, ) Mijn moeder houdt niet van Brazilië (2001, young adults, ) God verzameld (2004, anthology of Dutch stories and poems about God, ) Kleine theologie voor leken en ongelovigen (2005, ) De Wadden: de mooiste verhalen over de zee en de eilanden (2007, ) God en de Verlichting (2011, philosophy of religion, ) Judy wil een peer (2016, first volume in a series of children's books

As Hannes Meinkema De maaneter (1974, novel, Contact, ) Het wil nog maar niet zomeren (1975, short stories, Elsevier, ) En dan is er koffie (1976, novel, Contact, ) De groene weduwe en andere grijze verhalen (1978, short stories, Elsevier, ) Het binnenste ei (1978, novel, Manteau, ) Moedertocht (1978, short stories with photographs by Geert Hendrickx, Knippenberg (Bulkboek no. 79) Het persoonlijke is poëzie (1979, poetry, Elsevier, ) De naam van mijn moeder (1980, short stories, Contact, ) De driehoekige reis (1981, novel, Contact, ) Op eigen tenen (1982, short stories, Contact, Te kwader min (1984, novel, Pandora, ) Eén keer over (1986, short stories, Contact, ) Het kind en de rekening ( 1987, short stories, Contact, ) Mooie horizon (1989, novel, Contact, ) Een geluid als van onweer (1993, short stories, Contact, ) De speeltuin van Teiresias (1994, novel, Pandora, ) Dora - een geschiedenis (1995, novel, Pandora, ) Dier en engel (1996, novel, Contact, ) Salomo's dochter (2003, novel, Contact, ) De heiligwording van Berthe Ploos (2007, novel, Contact, )

As Justa Abbing Schoonheid, schoonheid (1997, ) Leraar leerling (1998, ) Kindje kindje (2000, ) Man en vader (2004, )

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Awards
Opzij Literature prize
Also known as
Johanna Maria Jelles Stamperius, Hannes Meinkema, Justa Abbing

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Hannemieke Stamperius?

Dutch author, feminist (1943–2022)

When was Hannemieke Stamperius born?

Hannemieke Stamperius was born on 12 September 1943 in Tiel.

When did Hannemieke Stamperius die?

Hannemieke Stamperius died on 22 November 2022.

What was Hannemieke Stamperius's occupation?

Hannemieke Stamperius was a writer and women's rights activist.

What nationality was Hannemieke Stamperius?

Hannemieke Stamperius was Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hannemieke Stamperius

· Wikidata: Q1977977

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