Hendrik Marsman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hendrik Marsman

Dutch writer

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1899

Place of Birth: Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1940

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hendrik Marsman (30 September 1899, in Zeist – 21 June 1940, in Gulf of Biscay) was a Dutch poet and writer.
He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the S.S.
Berenice, either suffered a fatal engine-room explosion, or was torpedoed by a German submarine which mistook Berenice for another vessel.