Rogier van Aerde, pseudonym of Adolf Josef Hubert Frans van Rijen (

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, 4 October 1917 –

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, 8 November 2007), was a Dutch writer and journalist. He made his début in 1941 with ''Kaïn'', which was an immediate success. The Dutch

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ist Anton van Duinkerken said it was "A masterly début". In Van Aerde's

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which appeared in 2007 in '

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', it was said that: "Kaïn was a big success and was even translated, but Frans van Rijen didn't get a penny from it. Just like his father Aad van Rijen he did not have a mind for business. With his publisher 'Urbi et Orbi' he signed a contract stating that he never would earn more than 1000

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s and that he was not allowed to get another publisher until 1950. Moreover, the book was banned by the Germans, who claimed it was too "Jewish-minded". They also checked if the writer was an Aryan." As a journalist, Rogier van Aerde also wrote reports for ''

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'' and the '' Katholieke Illustratie'' and later on he made contributions to '' Margriet'' and ''

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''. The books he wrote after ''Kaïn'' did not get much attention and he never equalled the success of his début.

Sources

Rogier van Aerde on dbnl
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External links

Obituary of Rogier van Aerde
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aerde, Rogier van 1917 births 2007 deaths Writers from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch journalists