Hella S. Haasse was born on February 2, 1918 in Batavia, Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia]. She was a writer and actress, known for
Oeroeg (1993),
Vergeet niet te lezen (1955) and
Charlotte Sophie Bentinck (1996). She was married to Jan van Lelyveld. She died on September 29, 2011 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.