''Paranoia'' is a 1953 short story collection by the
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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writer
Willem Frederik Hermans
Willem Frederik Hermans (1 September 1921 – 27 April 1995) was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are ''The House of Refuge'' (novella, ...
. The titular story was adapted into the 1967 film ''
Paranoia
Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concer ...
'', directed by
Adriaan Ditvoorst
Adriaan Ditvoorst (23 January 1940 – 18 October 1987) was a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1965 and 1984. His 1967 film ''Paranoia'' was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.
Sele ...
, and into a play written and directed by Inge-Vera Lipsius, performed on location at The Merchant House, Amsterdam, in October 2022.
Contents
* ''Preambule''
* ''Manuscript in een kliniek gevonden''
* ''Paranoia''
* ''Het behouden huis''
* ''Glas''
* ''Lotti Fuehrscheim''
See also
*
1953 in literature
Events from the year 1953 in literature .
Events
*January 5 – '' Waiting For Godot'', a play by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, has its first public stage performance, in French as ''En attendant Godot'', at the in Paris. Beckett's novel ' ...
*
Dutch literature
Dutch language literature () comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, Be ...
References
1953 short story collections
Dutch short story collections
Literary works by Willem Frederik Hermans
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