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In Houston, he will also be remembered for his controversial nonfiction book The Hospital (1964). In 1962, de Hartog and wife Marjorie became volunteer orderlies at Jeff Davis, Houston's hospital for the indigent. His descriptions of its shocking conditions pricked the conscience of the electorate, which had rejected four referendums to create an adequately funded hospital district. In November 1965, voters approved the district.
Jan de Hartog, the Dutch novelist and playwright, the author of the 1951 Broadway hit The Fourposter, died Sunday in Houston. He was 88 and lived in Houston.
De naam van de schrijver luidde Jan de Hartog, het boek heette Hollands Glorie en om een paar redenen werd het een enorme bestseller – in totaal verschenen er bij uitgeverij Elsevier ongeveer 500.000 exemplaren van en het verscheen uiteindelijk in 17 talen. In 1976 kwam er een televisieserie van, met Hugo Metsers als de hoofdpersoon Jan Wandelaar.[The author's name was Jan de Hartog, the book was called Hollands Glorie and for a few reasons it became a huge bestseller - in total about 500,000 copies were published by Elsevier publishers and it eventually appeared in 17 languages. In 1976 there was a television series, with Hugo Metsers as the main character Jan Wandelaar.]
De naam van de schrijver luidde Jan de Hartog, het boek heette Hollands Glorie en om een paar redenen werd het een enorme bestseller – in totaal verschenen er bij uitgeverij Elsevier ongeveer 500.000 exemplaren van en het verscheen uiteindelijk in 17 talen. In 1976 kwam er een televisieserie van, met Hugo Metsers als de hoofdpersoon Jan Wandelaar.[The author's name was Jan de Hartog, the book was called Hollands Glorie and for a few reasons it became a huge bestseller - in total about 500,000 copies were published by Elsevier publishers and it eventually appeared in 17 languages. In 1976 there was a television series, with Hugo Metsers as the main character Jan Wandelaar.]
Jan de Hartog, the Dutch novelist and playwright, the author of the 1951 Broadway hit The Fourposter, died Sunday in Houston. He was 88 and lived in Houston.
In Houston, he will also be remembered for his controversial nonfiction book The Hospital (1964). In 1962, de Hartog and wife Marjorie became volunteer orderlies at Jeff Davis, Houston's hospital for the indigent. His descriptions of its shocking conditions pricked the conscience of the electorate, which had rejected four referendums to create an adequately funded hospital district. In November 1965, voters approved the district.
Jan de Hartog, the Dutch novelist and playwright, the author of the 1951 Broadway hit The Fourposter, died Sunday in Houston. He was 88 and lived in Houston.
In Houston, he will also be remembered for his controversial nonfiction book The Hospital (1964). In 1962, de Hartog and wife Marjorie became volunteer orderlies at Jeff Davis, Houston's hospital for the indigent. His descriptions of its shocking conditions pricked the conscience of the electorate, which had rejected four referendums to create an adequately funded hospital district. In November 1965, voters approved the district.
