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| '''Havank''', pseudonym of '''Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen''' (February 19, 1904 – June 22, 1964), was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dutch detective genre.<ref name="vanacker">{{cite book|last=Vanacker|first=Sabine|editor=Robert B. Howell|others=Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor|title=History in Dutch Studies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7qiz3jNLMH0C&pg=PA230|year=2003|publisher=UP of America|language=Dutch|pages=223–36|chapter='Whodunnit?': A History of Crime Fiction in Flanders and the Netherlands}}</ref> |
'''Havank''', pseudonym of '''Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen''' (February 19, 1904 – June 22, 1964), was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dutch detective genre.<ref name="vanacker">{{cite book|last=Vanacker|first=Sabine|editor=Robert B. Howell|others=Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor|title=History in Dutch Studies|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=7qiz3jNLMH0C&pg=PA230|year=2003|publisher=UP of America|language=Dutch|pages=223–36|chapter='Whodunnit?': A History of Crime Fiction in Flanders and the Netherlands}}</ref> | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| Van der Kallen was born in ] and, under the ] of Havank, published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M. Carlier (the latter better known as ''De Schaduw'', "the Shadow").<ref name="vanacker"/> |
Van der Kallen was born in ] and, under the ] of Havank, published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M. Carlier (the latter better known as ''De Schaduw'', "the Shadow").<ref name="vanacker"/> | ||
| During ] Havank worked as an editor and occasionally as a ] for the London edition of the Dutch weekly '']''. Shortly after the war he was invited to ghost-write the memoirs of Lieutenant-Colonel ], the original ]. These memoirs were serialized in the '']''. | During ] Havank worked as an editor and occasionally as a ] for the London edition of the Dutch weekly '']''. Shortly after the war he was invited to ghost-write the memoirs of Lieutenant-Colonel ], the original ]. These memoirs were serialized in the '']''. | ||
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| Havank also translated some 45 novels into Dutch, mainly of fellow ]s like ], ] and ]. Since the mid-1950s his books were published in paperback editions with covers designed by the illustrator ]. Havank is estimated to have sold more than 6 million copies in his lifetime. His books remained in print until the early 1980s when sales began to decline. However, they still are available in print-on-demand editions. To date, only two of the books have been translated into another language; both in ] but published in Switzerland. After his death, an unfinished novel was finished and published by journalist Pieter Terpstra, who continued to churn out Havank titles under the name Havank-Terpstra.<ref name="vanacker"/> | Havank also translated some 45 novels into Dutch, mainly of fellow ]s like ], ] and ]. Since the mid-1950s his books were published in paperback editions with covers designed by the illustrator ]. Havank is estimated to have sold more than 6 million copies in his lifetime. His books remained in print until the early 1980s when sales began to decline. However, they still are available in print-on-demand editions. To date, only two of the books have been translated into another language; both in ] but published in Switzerland. After his death, an unfinished novel was finished and published by journalist Pieter Terpstra, who continued to churn out Havank titles under the name Havank-Terpstra.<ref name="vanacker"/> | ||
| Havank lived most of his life abroad in the south of ], on ] (]), and in ]. He died of a heart attack back in Leeuwarden, less than thirty yards distance from his birthplace. The Dutch forensic system HAVANK, which links criminals and their fingerprints via what is called a HAVANK number.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grijpink|first=J.|editor=I. Th. M. Snellen|others=Marcel Thaens, Wim B. H. J. van de Donk|title=Public Administration in the Information Age: Revisited|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CgQweokGACsC&pg=PA191|year=2012|publisher=IOS|isbn=9781614991366|pages= |
Havank lived most of his life abroad in the south of ], on ] (]), and in ]. He died of a heart attack back in Leeuwarden, less than thirty yards distance from his birthplace. The Dutch forensic system HAVANK, which links criminals and their fingerprints via what is called a HAVANK number.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grijpink|first=J.|editor=I. Th. M. Snellen|others=Marcel Thaens, Wim B. H. J. van de Donk|title=Public Administration in the Information Age: Revisited|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CgQweokGACsC&pg=PA191|year=2012|publisher=IOS|isbn=9781614991366|pages=182–204|chapter=Large-Scale Information Exchange: Breaking Views and Challenges}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Havank, pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen (February 19, 1904 – June 22, 1964), was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of the Dutch detective genre.
Biography
Van der Kallen was born in Leeuwarden and, under the pen-name of Havank, published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M. Carlier (the latter better known as De Schaduw, "the Shadow").
During World War II Havank worked as an editor and occasionally as a war correspondent for the London edition of the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland. Shortly after the war he was invited to ghost-write the memoirs of Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, the original spycatcher. These memoirs were serialized in the News Chronicle.
Havank also translated some 45 novels into Dutch, mainly of fellow crime writers like Leslie Charteris, Raymond Chandler and E. Phillips Oppenheim. Since the mid-1950s his books were published in paperback editions with covers designed by the illustrator Dick Bruna. Havank is estimated to have sold more than 6 million copies in his lifetime. His books remained in print until the early 1980s when sales began to decline. However, they still are available in print-on-demand editions. To date, only two of the books have been translated into another language; both in German but published in Switzerland. After his death, an unfinished novel was finished and published by journalist Pieter Terpstra, who continued to churn out Havank titles under the name Havank-Terpstra.
Havank lived most of his life abroad in the south of France, on Majorca (Spain), and in England. He died of a heart attack back in Leeuwarden, less than thirty yards distance from his birthplace. The Dutch forensic system HAVANK, which links criminals and their fingerprints via what is called a HAVANK number.
References
- ^ Vanacker, Sabine (2003). "'Whodunnit?': A History of Crime Fiction in Flanders and the Netherlands". In Robert B. Howell (ed.). History in Dutch Studies (in Dutch). Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor. UP of America. pp. 223–36.
- Grijpink, J. (2012). "Large-Scale Information Exchange: Breaking Views and Challenges". In I. Th. M. Snellen (ed.). Public Administration in the Information Age: Revisited. Marcel Thaens, Wim B. H. J. van de Donk. IOS. pp. 182–204. ISBN 9781614991366.
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