HEIJERMANS, HERMANN (1864-1924), Dutch writer, of Jewish origin, was born on Dec. 3, 1864, at Rotterdam. In the Amsterdam Handelsblad he published a series of realistic sketches of Jewish family life under the pseudonym of "Samuel Falkland," which were collected in volume form. His novels and tales include Trinette 0892), Fles (1893), Kamertjeszonde (2 vols., 1896), Interieurs (1897), Diamantstadt (2 vols., 1903). He created great interest by his play Op Hoop van Zegen (1900), represented at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, and in English by the Stage Society as The Good Hope. His other plays include: Dora Kremer (1893), Ghetto (1898), Ora et labora (19o1), De Groote Vlucht (1908), Eva Bonheur (1919). A Case of Arson, an Eng lish version of the one-act play Brand in de Jonge Jan, was notable for the impersonation 0904 and 1905) by Henri de Vries of all the seven witnesses who appear as characters. Heijermans lived for a few years in Berlin, but returned to Holland in 1912 in order to manage a society of players. He died at Zandvoort on Nov.
22, 1924.