Marie van Zeggelen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Zeggelen, not Zeggelen.
Marie van Zeggelen
Born
Maria Christina van Zeggelen

(1870-07-08)8 July 1870
The Hague, Netherlands[1]
Died15 July 1957(1957-07-15) (aged 87)
Huizen, Netherlands
Other namesMarie Kooij-van Zeggelen
Occupation(s)Writer, educator and painter
Notable workDe gouden kris (1908)
Averij (1928)
Een liefde in Kennemerland (1936)

Maria Christina "Marie" van Zeggelen (8 July 1870 – 15 July 1957) was a Dutch writer, educator and painter. She best known for her children's books and books about Indonesia. Van Zeggelen told a story from the perspective of the Indonesian population[2]: 2  and children.[2]: 5  She was an advocate for the rights of Indonesian women.[3][4]

  1. ^ Mariëlle Hageman (17 September 2019). "Zeggelen, Maria Christina van (1870-1957)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Jacques Vos (1999). Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur (in Dutch). Groningen: Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 9065004505.
  3. ^ "Zeggelen, Maria Christina van (1870-1957)". Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (in Dutch). 1994. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ Pramoedya Ananta Toer. "Women's Struggle Against Colonial Imperialism in the Tetralogi Novel Bumi Manusia" (PDF). International Conference on Interdisciplinary Language, Literature and Education. 297: 178–179.