Igor Cornelissen (3 May 1935 – 13 March 2021) was a Dutch journalist and author. Cornelissen was born in

Zwolle Zwolle () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel ...

. He was journalist at (1956–1958), editor at (1962–1996) and between 1990 and 2000, he wrote the column for . Cornelissen has written many novels and books. His literary work mainly focused on

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, and

Communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

. He wrote biographies of Jaap Meijer and

Paul de Groot Saul "Paul" de Groot (19 July 1899 – 3 August 1986) was a Dutch politician of the Communist Party of the Netherlands The Communist Party of the Netherlands (, , CPN) was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as ...

. Cornelissen was a member of the

Fourth International The Fourth International (FI) was a political international established in France in 1938 by Leon Trotsky and his supporters, having been expelled from the Soviet Union and the Communist International (also known as Comintern or the Third Inte ...

. Until 1971, he was a

trotskyist Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...

. Cornelissen died in Zwolle on 13 March 2021 from a heart attack.

References

External links

Igor Cornelissen at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature
(in Dutch) Dutch Trotskyists Dutch biographers Dutch journalists Dutch communists Dutch male writers 1935 births 2021 deaths People from Zwolle {{Netherlands-journalist-stub