Hans Keilson
Biography
Hans Keilson
Born in Germany in 1909 and trained as a physician, Hans Keilson published his first novel in 1933. He fled to the Netherlands in 1936 after the Nuremberg Laws made it illegal for Jews to practice medicine in Germany. During World War II, he joined the Dutch resistance. Later, as a psychotherapist, he pioneered the treatment of war trauma in children. Awarded Germany’s prestigious Welt Literature Prize in 2008, he lives near Amsterdam.
Hans Keilson
