Justus van Maurik
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Justus van Maurik or Justus van Maurik Jr., was a Dutch author and cigar maker. He was the grandson of the similarly named Justus van Maurik Sr..
Justus was a typical Amsterdammer, he was first known as a writer of farces and humorous plays. In 1878, his first novel, Mie the porster appeared. Hundreds of stories followed. His readers knew Maurik would provide both a smile and a tear: a laugh from his witty depiction of human types, and a tear from his touching stories. Many of his books were illustrated by the graphic artist Johan Braakensiek
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Maurik was one of the editors who, in 1877, created De Amsterdammer, a newspaper for specializing in trade, industry and art, which is now the weekly De Groene Amsterdammer
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Justus was a typical Amsterdammer, he was first known as a writer of farces and humorous plays. In 1878, his first novel, Mie the porster appeared. Hundreds of stories followed. His readers knew Maurik would provide both a smile and a tear: a laugh from his witty depiction of human types, and a tear from his touching stories. Many of his books were illustrated by the graphic artist Johan Braakensiek
Johan Braakensiek
Johan Coenraad Braakensiek was a Dutch painter, illustrator and political cartoonist. He is the grandfather of Jan van Oort.-Personal life:...
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Maurik was one of the editors who, in 1877, created De Amsterdammer, a newspaper for specializing in trade, industry and art, which is now the weekly De Groene Amsterdammer
De Groene Amsterdammer
De Groene Amsterdammer is an independent Dutch weekly newsmagazine published in Amsterdam and distributed throughout the Netherlands. It is conventionally considered to be one of the four most influential written media in its sector, along with HP/De Tijd, Vrij Nederland and Elsevier.- History and...
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Works
- Een bittere pil (1873)
- Mie de porster (1878)
- Janus Tulp (1879, play)
- Uit het volk (1879)
- Van allerlei slag (1881)
- Fijne Beschuiten (1883, play)
- Met z'n achten (1883)
- Burgerluidjes (1884)
- Uit één pen (1886)
- Krates (1887?)
- Papieren kinderen (1888)
- Amsterdam bij dag en nacht (1889)
- Indrukken van een Tòtòk' (1897)
- Novellen en schetsen (1900)
- Toen ik nog jong was (1901) about Jacob Frederik Muller and the Amsterdam neighborhood Fort van Sjako.
- Joris Komijn op de Tentoonstelling
- Op reis en thuis
- Stille menschen
- Verspreide Novellen
- Amsterdam bij dag en nacht
- Het Amsterdam van Justus van Maurik
- Novellen losse reisschetsen
- Novellen Toon Toos en de Opera
- Novellen De Laatste der Oempah's
- Novellen Het genootschap Leuterburg
- Novellen Een vergeten schuld
- De Buren 1875 toneelstuk
- Janus Tulp 1879 toneelstuk
- Pakketten voor Dames 1880 play
- Gewichtige dagen 1830-1831 play
- Françoises opstel 1887 play
- Anarchisten tonelstuk
- Plicht toneelstuk
- De Planetenjuffrouw 1902 play
- Men Zegt..... 1885 play
- Tijdschift "Ons Amsterdam"1994 no 6 (Het Amsterdam van J v M.)
- Uit het leven van Justus van Maurik 1846 - 1904 (J.H. Rössing)'