Johan Fabricius

This article is about the Dutch writer, journalist, and adventurer. For other people named Johan Fabricius, see Johan Fabricius (disambiguation).
Fabricius at the Italian front (1915)

Johan Johannes Fabricius (24 August 1899 – 21 June 1981), who published in English as Johan Wigmore Fabricius, was a Dutch writer, journalist and adventurer.

Fabricius was born in Bandung, Java. He wrote approximately 60 books, among them many books for children, including De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (1924),[1] which was reprinted 28 times as of 2003.[2]

  1. ^ Schöffer, I. "Fabricius, Johan Johannes (1899-1981)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (in Dutch). Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. ^ Full text of De scheepsjongens van Bontekoe