a Jewish German/Dutch
novelist, poet, psychoanalyst, and child psychologist. He was best
known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he
was an active member of the Dutch resistance.
Keilson, having worked with traumatized orphans, mainly wrote about
traumas induced by the war. His first novel was published in 1934, but
most of his works were published after the war. In 2010, The New York Times 's Francine Prose
described Keilson as "one of the world's greatest writers", notably
honouring Keilson's achievements in the year in which he turned 101
years old.
