Simon Carmiggelt (October 7, 1913 – November 30, 1987) was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.
Simon Johannes Carmiggelt was born on 7 October 1913 in The Hague, the second son of Herman Carmiggelt and Jeanne Bik. He had one older brother, Jan. Simon did not turn out to be a very bright student, and he left secondary school in 1929. He enjoy...
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Simon Carmiggelt (October 7, 1913 – November 30, 1987) was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.
Simon Johannes Carmiggelt was born on 7 October 1913 in The Hague, the second son of Herman Carmiggelt and Jeanne Bik. He had one older brother, Jan. Simon did not turn out to be a very bright student, and he left secondary school in 1929. He enjoyed working as an editor for the school paper though, and he was determined to become a journalist.
After various editorial jobs, he became a reporter for the left-wing newspaper Het Volk (The People). Later on he worked for the same paper as a drama critic. He also wrote short columns about daily life in The Hague, which he called Kleinigheden (Trifles). In 1939 Simon married Tiny de Goey. A year later she gave birth to a daughter, Marianne. In the same year the first collection of Kleinigheden was published, named Vijftig dwaasheden (Fifty...
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