Israël Querido (1 October 1872 – 5 August 1932) was a Dutch naturalist novelist. His novels are sympathetic to workers and the Socialist movement.

Israël Querido
Portrait photograph by Vereenigde Fotobureaux N.V.(August 5, 1932).
Portrait photograph by Vereenigde Fotobureaux N.V.(August 5, 1932).
Born(1872-10-01)1 October 1872
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died5 August 1932(1932-08-05) (aged 59)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
OccupationWriter
RelativesEmanuel Querido (brother)

Works edit

  • Menschenwee, English translation Toil of Men[1]

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ Current Literature 1910 - Volume 48 p211 "One young Dutch writer, in the Groene Week-blad, predicted that "Toil of Men" would live throughout the twentieth century as Rembrandt's picture of the Night Watch lived throughout the seventeenth. It is "inevitable that Querido should be .."