Hans Koning | |
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 Hans Koning at the Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Hans Königsberger July 12, 1921 |
| Died | April 13, 2007 (aged 85) Easton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and journalist |
Hans Koning (born Hans Königsberger, July 12, 1921 – April 13, 2007) was a Dutch American author of over 40 fiction and non-fiction books. Koning was also a prolific journalist, contributing for almost 60 years to many periodicals including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, Harper's, The New Yorker, and De Groene Amsterdammer. He used the pen name Hans Koningsberger (with an added letter 'n'), and from 1972 Hans Koning.[1]
- ^ The original edition of his 1972 novel The Almost World has "Hans Koning" on the title page, but "Copyright © 1972 Hans Koningsberger" inside as well as "Koningsberger, Hans" in the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data section.