Willem van den Hout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willem van den Hout

Dutch writer and publicist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1915

Place of Birth: 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1985

Profession: writer, children's writer, autobiographer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Wilhelmus Henricus Maria van den Hout ('s-Hertogenbosch, June 3, 1915 – Den Haag, February 24, 1985) was a Dutch writer and publicist, best known as the writer (under the pseudonym Willy van der Heide) of the Bob Evers series of children's books. Van den Hout lost his credentials as a journalist after World War II for having collaborated with the Nazi propaganda machine, but gained commercial success with the Bob Evers series.
He also used the pseudonyms Willy Waterman, Willem W.
Waterman, Sylvia Sillevis, Victor Valstar, Victor H.
Huitink, Joke Raviera, Zsa Zsa Ferguson and C.B.
McInverness, M.D., Ph.D., and translated English literature into Dutch.