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Albert Alberts, writing as A. Alberts (1911–1995) was a Dutch writer, translator, and journalist. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize.
Life
A. Alberts was born on 23 August 1911 in Haarlem. He studied Indology at the Utrecht University and worked after his graduation (1936) for several years as a civil servant for the Colonialministry in Paris. In 1939 he received his doctorate in literature and philosophy with a thesis about the conflict from 1847 to 1851 between Jean Chrétien Baud and Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, two Dutch politicians (respectively, a colonial governor turned Conservative parliamentarian and a major Liberal reformer). In the same year he embarked on MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and went to the Dutch East Indies to stay there as a civil servant. After the Battle of Java (1942) and his internment by the Japanese on Java from April 1942 to September 1945, he returned 1946 to the Netherlands. Here he worked first as a civil servant, then he starting 1953 as Contributing editor. In 1953 he published his first book, The Island- a collection of short stories about his Daily life in the colonies. Albert Alberts died in Amsterdam on 16 December 1995.
Works
Books
1938 Baud und Thorbecke 1847-1851
1953 De eilanden (The island)
1954 De bomen (The trees)
1962 Namen noemen (Mention names)
1963 De Franse slag (The French battle) or Aan Frankrijk uitgeleverd (Extradited to France)
1963 Wilhelmina, Koningin der Nederlanden (Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands)
1964 Koning Willem II
1964 Koning Willem III
1965 Johan Rudolf Thorbecke
1967 Laten we vrede sluiten (Let's conclude peace)
1968 Het einde van een verhouding (The end of relationship)
