1846-1904
Dutch author (and, curiously, cigar maker/tobacconist) Justus van Maurik was born on this day in Amsterdam. The son and grandson of a prominent family, he is actually best known for lending his name to a brand of hand rolled cigars. During his lifetime, he was better known as a writer of farces and off-color humorous plays. Many of his works were illustrated by Dutch artist Johan Braakensiek. In 1877, Maurik was also one a handful of people to found the trade paper De Groene Amsterdammer, which he served as editor for a periosd of time. The paper is still published today. He is written up here due to the fact that one film has been produced from his work, and that film came in 1913. The film was Krates; it was made in his native Netherlands and was based on one of his books of a farcical nature. Maurik died at the relatively early age of 58 on the 18 November 1904 in his birth city of Amsterdam. I can find no information as his burial.
For A Listing Of His Works:
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