Israël Querido

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Israël Querido
Portrait photograph by Vereenigde Fotobureaux N.V.(August 5, 1932).
Portrait photograph by Vereenigde Fotobureaux N.V.(August 5, 1932).
Born(1872-10-01)1 October 1872
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died5 August 1932(1932-08-05) (aged 59)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationWriter
RelativesEmanuel Querido (brother)

Israël Querido (1 October 1872 – 5 August 1932) was a Dutch naturalist novelist. His novels are sympathetic to workers and the Socialist movement.

Works[edit]

  • Menschenwee, English translation Toil of Men[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Current Literature 1910 - Volume 48 p211 "One young Dutch writer, in the Groene Week-blad, predicted that "Toil of Men" would live throughout the twentieth century as Rembrandt's picture of the Night Watch lived throughout the seventeenth. It is "inevitable that Querido should be .."