Anna Blaman

Anna Blaman, pseudonym of Johanna Petronella Vrugt, (31 January 1905 – 13 July 1960) was a Dutch writer and poet.

The daughter of Pieter Jacob Vrugt and Johanna Karolina Wessels, she was born in Rotterdam.

She published a novella De kruisvaarder (The Crusader) in 1950 and two books of short stories Ram Horna in 1951 and Overdag in 1957.

[2] The "nom de plume" Anna Blaman may have been derived from the name of Alie Bosch, a nurse who treated Vrugt for a kidney disease.

[4] The 1990 Dutch film Spelen of sterven (English title To Play or to Die) was based on one of her stories.