Piet Bakker

Piet Oege Bakker (Rotterdam, 10 August 1897–Amsterdam, 1 April 1960) was a Dutch journalist and author. He was joint editor for many years of the weekly magazine Elseviers Weekblad.

His most famous work was the trilogy written between 1941 and 1946 dealing with the experiences of the street urchin Ciske Vrijmoeth, alias Ciske the Rat. These novels sold in their hundreds of thousands, and later appeared in translation in more than ten other countries. The story has been filmed twice, in 1955 and 1984, and a musical version is planned for October 2007.:"see main article Ciske de Rat"

Bibliography

*1933 "Cootje Pink"
*1936 "Achter de mast"
*1937 "Gids voor Amsterdam" (Guide for Amsterdam)
*1940 "Branding"
*1940 "Het geheim van Dr. Ling" (The secret of Dr. Ling)
*1941 "Pépé"
*1942 "Ciske de Rat" (Ciske the Rat)
*1942 "Holland ze zeggen je bent maar zoo klein" (Holland they say, you are but so small)
*1942 "Storm op de kust"
*1945 "Ciske groeit op"
*1946 "Cis de man"
*1946 "Jeugd in de Pijp", "Vrijmoedige herinneringen"
*1947 "Vrouw aan boord" (Woman aboard)
*1948 "Logboek van de Gratias"
*1951 "De slag"
*1953 "Kidnap"
*1954 "Ik kwam, zag, schreef" (I came, saw, wrote)
*1956 "Pia"
*1960 "Jet"
*1932 "Amsterdam zoals het leeft en werkt" (Amsterdam, as it lives and works) with J.C.E. Sand
*1932 "Over dramatische kunst" (About dramatic art) with L. van Gasteren
*1961 "Zo was het" (That's how it was), memoirs

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*nl icon [http://www.iisg.nl/bwsa/bios/bakker-p.html BWSA website: biography]