birth_date: 1816-09-01 00:00:00
avg_rating: 3.5
name: J.F. Oltmans
about: Dutch writer of historical fiction. He wrote two literary novels Slot Loevestein set during the Eighty Years' War and De Schaapherder set during the Hook and Cod wars. From 1839 until 1842 he worked as a writer and later as an editor for the literary magazine De Gids.Before working as a writer he was a tax collector for his father but became unemployed when his brother was named successor instead of him. Dutch writer of historical fiction. He wrote two literary novels Slot Loevestein set during the Eighty Years' War and De Schaapherder set during the Hook and Cod wars. From 1839 until 1842 he worked as a writer and later as an editor for the literary magazine De Gids.Before working as a writer he was a tax collector for his father but became unemployed when his brother was named successor instead of him. ...more
death_date: 1854-01-29 00:00:00