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Author Description Hella S. Haasse (1918 - 2011) was born in Batavia, modern-day Jakarta. She moved to the Netherlands after secondary school. In 1945 she debuted with a collection of poems, entitled <i>Stroomversnelling</i> (<i>Momentum</i>). She made her name three years later with the novella given out to mark the Dutch Book Week, <i>Oeroeg</i> (<i>The Black Lake</i>, 1948). As with much of her work, this tale of the friendship between a Dutch and an Indonesian boy has gained the status of a classic in the Netherlands. Titles such as <i>Het woud der verwachting</i> (<i>In a Dark Wood Wandering</i>, 1949), <i>Een nieuwer testament</i> (<i>Threshold of Fire</i>, 1966) and <i>Mevrouw Bentinck of Onverenigbaarheid van karakter</i> (<i>Mrs Bentinck or Irreconcilable in Character</i>, 1978) have been greatly enjoyed by several generations.<br />

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