1. Simon Johannes Carmiggelt was born on 7 October 1913 in The Hague, the second son of Herman Carmiggelt and Adriana Bik.
11 Facts About Simon Carmiggelt
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Simon Carmiggelt enjoyed working as an editor for the school paper though, and he was determined to become a journalist.
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Simon Carmiggelt wrote short columns about daily life in The Hague, which he called Kleinigheden.
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When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940 and Het Volk was taken over and censored, Simon Carmiggelt resigned from the paper.
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Simon Carmiggelt was responsible for the lay-out and printing of the paper.
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Simon Carmiggelt was taken to Herzogenbusch concentration camp, where he died of exhaustion on 26 September 1943.
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Simon Carmiggelt's Kronkels became known for their melancholic, sometimes sombre tone and the ironic use of formal language.
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Simon Carmiggelt wrote about his children and later his grandchildren, his cats and other small events in his life.
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Simon Carmiggelt's work became popular and he received various Dutch literary prizes.
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In 1977 Simon Carmiggelt started an affair with author Renate Rubinstein.
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Simon Carmiggelt wrote a book about this, titled Mijn beter ik, which was published when both she and Simon had died.