
Jacoba van Velde
Known for
Writing
Life
1903 – 1985 (aged 82)
Biography
Jacoba van Velde (The Hague, May 10, 1903 – Amsterdam, September 7, 1985) was a Dutch writer. Her debut novel, De grote zaal, was published in 1953 and was translated into thirteen languages within ten years. Approximately 75,000 copies of this existentialist novel were sold during her lifetime.