Israël Querido
Israël Querido | |
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 Portrait photograph by Vereenigde Fotobureaux N.V.(August 5, 1932). | |
| Born | 1 October 1872 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 5 August 1932 (aged 59) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Relatives | Emanuel Querido (brother) |
Israël Querido (1 October 1872 – 5 August 1932) was a Dutch naturalist novelist. His novels are sympathetic to workers and the Socialist movement.
Works
- Menschenwee, English translation Toil of Men[1]
Gallery
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Caricature of Israël Querido by Theo van Doesburg, 1910.
References
- ^ Current Literature 1910 - Volume 48 p211 "One young Dutch writer, in the Groene Week-blad, predicted that "Toil of Men" would live throughout the twentieth century as Rembrandt's picture of the Night Watch lived throughout the seventeenth. It is "inevitable that Querido should be .."