Heijermans, Herman (1864–1924)

Dutch author and dramatist. He also used the pseudonym Samuel Falkland. His international reputation is as the author of naturalist tragedies, exposing exploitation in the fisheries with Op hoop van zegen 1900, in the army in Het pantser 1901, on the land in Ora et labora 1902, in the almshouses in Bloeimaand 1903, and in the coalmines in Gluck auf 1911.