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Cornelia Hubertina "Neel" Doff (27 January 1858 – 14 July 1942) was a writer of Dutch descent living and working in Belgium and mainly writing in French. She is one of the most important contributors to proletarian literature .
Cornelia Hubertina (Neel) Doff (Buggenum, Nederland, 27 januari 1858 – Elsene, België, 14 juli 1942) was een Nederlandse schrijfster die in het Frans schreef. Ondanks haar Nederlandse oorsprong wordt ze tot de Franse literatuur gerekend.
Born in the slums of a small Dutch town, Neel Doff moved to Belgium at the age of 16 and eventually rose to the upper echelons of Brussels' society. At the age of 51, she began writing in French. Her works are mostly autobiographical, describing her ordeals as a starving child and prostitute out of necessity, before freeing herself through her ...
Neel Doff was the pen name of Cornelia Hubertina Doff. She died in Elsene, Belgium. In spite of her Dutch origin, she wrote in French and her work is therefore seen as part of French literature.
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- July 14, 1942
- January 27, 1858
Neel Doff is the author of several autobiographical based books, her most famous one being 'Days of Hunger and Distress'. A full bibliography can be found in "Neel Doff 1858-1942 - A Biography" by Évelyne Wilwerth and translated by Renée Linkhorn.
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- January 27, 1858
- Neel Doff
- July 14, 1942
Sep 13, 2023 · Neel Doff was a striking Dutch woman born in 1858 into a poor family of nine children. She was forced to work as a child prostitute in Amsterdam to support her family. In 1874, she moved to Antwerp and then on to Brussels the following year.
A translation of a biography of Belgian writer Neel Doff describing in a novelistic fashion the life of an extraordinary woman.
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