Eeden, Frederik Willem van

Japanese: エーデン（英語表記）Eeden， Frederik Willem van

Born: April 3, 1860 in Haarlem
[Died] June 16, 1932. Bussum Dutch poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and physician. He began writing poetry and comedies while he was a student, and later participated in the founding of the literary magazine De Nieuwe Gids (New Guide) (1885). His early poetry showed a romantic tendency, but he soon changed to a symbolist style. His prose works include the symbolist novel De kleine Johannes (85), which is considered a masterpiece of Dutch literature, and many other distinctive works. He also wrote the well-received play De broeders (94). At one time he started a "communal farm" in sympathy with Tolstoy's ideas, but it ultimately failed, and he converted to Catholicism in his later years.

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Japanese:

[生]1860.4.3. ハールレム
[没]1932.6.16. ビュスム
オランダの詩人，小説家，随筆家，劇作家，医師。学生時代から詩や喜劇を書きはじめ，のちに文芸誌『新案内』 De Nieuwe Gidsの創刊 (1885) に参加。初期の詩にはロマン主義的な傾向がみられたが，やがて象徴主義的作風に変る。散文では，オランダ文学の代表作といわれる象徴主義的な小説『小さなヨハンネス』 De kleine Johannes (85) をはじめ特色ある作品が多い。また戯曲にも好評を博した『兄弟』 De broeders (94) などがある。一時はトルストイの思想に共鳴して「共同農場」の経営を始めたが，結局失敗，晩年カトリックに改宗。

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