death_place death_date children birth_place citizenship subject nationality ethnicity birth_date language period spouse grandchildren article_title birth_name occupation
hilversum , netherlands 31 may 2011 barbara -lrb- 1941 -rrb- , bloeme -lrb- 1974 -rrb- bad freienwalde , germany dutch world war ii german jewish 12 december 1909 dutch , german 1933 -- 2011 gertrud her death -rrb- marita lauritz -lrb- 1970 -- 2011 -rrb- manz -lrb- his death -rrb- -lrb- 1930 's -- 1969 -rrb- -lrb- esther , hannah -lrb- 2009 -rrb- -lrb- 1978 -rrb- , leila -lrb- 2008 -rrb- hans keilson
 hans alex keilson medic , psychiatrist , psychoanalyst , writer
hans keilson

hans alex keilson -lrb- ; 12 december 1909 -- 31 may 2011 -rrb- was a jewish german/dutch novelist , poet , psychoanalyst , and child psychologist .
he was best known for his novels set during the second world war , during which he was an active member of the dutch resistance .
keilson , having worked with traumatized orphans , mainly wrote about traumas induced by the war .
his first novel was published in 1934 , but most of his works were published after the war .
in 2010 , `` the new york times '' 's francine prose described keilson as `` one of the world 's greatest writers '' , notably honouring keilson 's achievements in the year in which he turned 101 years old .
