Willem Frederik Hermans

Willem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The House of Refuge, The Darkroom of Damocles, and Beyond Sleep.

1 September 1921

Born on the same birth day (1 September): A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada • Alan Dershowitz • Andy Kennedy (footballer, born 1897) • Art Pepper • Cristiano Biraghi • Dave Lumley • Grant-Lee Phillips • Gustav Nyquist • Henri Bourassa • Innokenty Annensky • Joe Trohman • Karl Mecklenburg • Ricardo Chavira • Sergei Winogradsky • Sigurd Wallén

Born in the same month (September 1921): Bernard Waber • Constance Baker Motley • Dinko Šakić • Gene Roland • Harry Secombe • James Cross • Joann Lõssov • John Aston Sr. • Korla Pandit • Marguerite Higgins • Miklós Jancsó • Murray Henderson (ice hockey) • Norman Joseph Woodland • Will Elder