Bruggen, Carry van (1881–1932)

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Bruggen, Carry van (1881–1932)

Dutch novelist. Name variations: Carry de Haan; (pseudonym) Justine Abbing. Born Carolina Lea de Haan, Jan 1, 1881, in Smulde, Netherlands; died Nov 16, 1932, in Laren; dau. of a Jewish cantor; sister of Jacob Israël de Haan; m. Kees van Bruggen, 1904; married A. Pit.

Writings, which draw on experiences of her childhood in a strict Orthodox Jewish home, include De verlatene (1910), Heleen (1913), Het huisje aan de sloot (1921), Avontuurtjies (1922), Hedendaagsch fetischisme (1925) and Eva (1927).

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