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Herman Heijermans

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Herman Heijermans , 1864-1924, Dutch dramatist. Much of his work treated life among the Dutch Jews. His dramas include Op Hoop van Zegen (1900, tr. The Good Hope, 1928).

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