Tine van Berken

Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout (1870 – 1899) was a Dutch children's writer, best known under her pseudonym Tine van Berken. She also wrote adult books under the name Anna Koubert.

Life

Tine van Berken was born on September 29, 1870, in Amsterdam. Between 1894 and 1899, she wrote a large number of books for girls.

In 1899, she founded the journal Lente: Weekblad voor jonge dames [Spring: Young Ladies' Weekly Magazine]. She corresponded with Top Naeff about placing an article in Spring, and read Naeff's novel Schoolidyllen [School Idylls]. However, she died from tuberculosis on December 7, 1899.

The Flemish magic realist writer Johan Daisne wrote a biography of her, Tine van Berken of de intelligentie der ziel [Tine van Berken, or the intelligence of the soul] (1962).