![]() ![]() De sublieme wereld van Jacob Haafner (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker). In 2008 his biography was published Wie Onder palmen leeft. His works were translated into English, German, French, Swedisch and Danish. Haafner detested western colonialism and upon his return in the Holland he wrote the first global treatise against colonialism. His direct way of writing and his adventurous life made him one of the most popular authors of the beginning of the nineteenth century in The Netehrlands and beyond. He wrote five travel stories about his stay in those countries. Jacob Haafner (1754-1809) lived for 20 years in South-Africa, India and Sri Lanka. Paul van der Velde (International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden/Amsterdam) Thomas Roosenboom reads from Exotische Liefdeĭr. Olf Praamstra (Leiden University) 'Haafner Literair' Erica van Boven (Groningen University) ' Onverkort Haafner' IIAS Outreach in cooperation with Uitgeverij Athenaeum and Spui 25 present the launch of Exotisch Liefde by Thomas Roosenboom, a rendition of Reize in eenen Palanquin (1808) by Jacob Haafner.ĭr. ![]()
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