As per our current Database, Jan de Hartog has been died on 22 September, 2002 at Houston, Texas, USA.
When Jan de Hartog die, Jan de Hartog was 88 years old.
| Popular As | Jan de Hartog |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | April 22, 1914 (Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands) |
| Birthday | April 22 |
| Town/City | Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
Jan de Hartog’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Jan de Hartog was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
The son of a minister, de Hartog ran away to sea twice in his boyhood. Later, after attending the Netherlands Naval College, he went back to sea as a sailor. During this time he wrote detective stories and then a popular novel about tugboat crews titled "Holland's Glory".
During the Nazi occupation he found sanctuary in a house in Amsterdam. After the war he moved to England, began to write in English, and turned out a number of novels, some of which were filmed: The Spiral Road (1962) with Rock Hudson, "The Inspector" with Stephen Boyd (released under the title Lisa (1962)), and "Stella" with William Holden and Sophia Loren (released as The Key (1958)).
In 1951 his play, "The Fourposter", became a major Broadway success starring Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. A movie version followed with Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer and then Broadway musicalized it as "I Do! I Do!" with Robert Preston and Mary Martin.
De Hartog was briefly married as a young man in Holland. In England, in 1946, he married Angela Priestley, daughter of J.B. Priestley. In 1961 he married Marjorie Mein with whom he lived in Houston, Texas, during his later years.
Two children from the first marriage, Sylvia and Arnold, still live in the Netherlands. Two children from the second marriage, Catherine and Nicholas, still live in England. With his third wife de Hartog adopted two Korean girls, Eva Kim and Julia Kim, who live in America.
