![]() īefore Haasse's first birthday, the family moved from Batavia to Buitenzorg ( Bogor), because her mother's health would benefit from the milder climate. The Haasse family was not very religious. She had a brother Wim who was born in 1921. She was the daughter of civil servant and author Willem Hendrik Haasse (1889–1955) and concert pianist Katharina Diehm Winzenhöhler (1893–1983). Hélène Serafia Haasse was born on 2 February 1918 in Batavia (now Jakarta), the capital of the Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia). The museum was opened in 2008 on her 90th birthday. Haasse has the first Dutch digital online museum dedicated to the life and work of an author. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday after which celebrated Dutch author Adriaan van Dis called Haasse "the Queen among authors". Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. ![]() Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Historical novels, Dutch East Indies-Netherlands relationship ![]()
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