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Nynke van Hichtum lost the love of her life
but won the freedom to write.
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She reviewed, translated and wrote
lots of childrens' stories.
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'Afke's Tiental' was translated
into numerous languages.
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When the children we're old enough
she left for Paris, alone...
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... where she wrote for
a weekly magazine.
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It was the start of a long period
of travel and moving house.
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Twenty years later she would settle down
in Hilversum where her son Jelle lived.
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By this time she had become an authority
on the writing of childrens' stories.
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The many admirers and fans who would
visit her lovingly called her 'Mem'.
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Nynke van Hichtum died in 1939,
seventy-nine years of age.
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She had outlived Pieter Jelles Troelstra
by ten years.
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Translated by M
dWN of NUsKo0L