Andreas Burnier, born Catharina Irma Dessaur (3 July 1931 – 18 September 2002) was a Dutch writer.

[1][2] Burnier has published poetry, lectures, books and articles, many of which address homosexuality, in order to emphasize women's problems in a male-dominated society.

[3] Burnier debuted in the literary magazine Tirade with her story Verschrikkingen van het Noorden.

[5] In 1965, she published her first novel, Een tevreden lach[6] (the title of which translates as something like "A Contented Laugh").

[citation needed] Een tevreden lach was well received by critics who praised its original structural elements.

[3] The book is considered to be one of the first novels of second-wave feminism as it was about a young woman that lives her own life despite social oppression.

[citation needed] She followed this work with a collection of short stories entitled De verschrikkingen van het noorden (1967) and a novel, Het jongensuur (1969), supplementing this work with a series of poetry, book reviews and articles.

[7] Notable topics Burnier writes about are powerlessness, frustration and anger which she experienced by the masculine-oriented society.

[citation needed] The main topic of Het jongensuur is a young girl who wonders if she is not a boy.

Roggeman in 1977 she stated: "To suffer is good for mankind", because it kept her sharp and motivated to change a woman's status in society.

[4] During her time in hiding, Burnier became aware of the lack of rights that women experience in a male-dominated society and began to feel like she was a boy trapped in a girl's body.

[citation needed] This was necessary, because she did not want to be known as the author of a possibly controversial book, which could have hurt her academic career.

In addition, one of the streets is called the Burniersstraat, which housed the editorial secretariat of Hollands Maandblad, a literary magazine.