Klaziena (Ina) Boudier-Bakker (Amsterdam, 15 April 1875 – Utrecht, 26 December 1966) was a Dutch writer of novels. Her most famous work is De klop op de deur (The knock on the door), written in 1930.

Biography

At age 27, Ina Bakker married Henry Boudier, director of the PTT. Because of his work they moved regularly – they lived for example in Utrecht, Vianen, Aerdenhout and Groningen. In 1929 they returned to Utrecht.

In 1902 she wrote her debut, the novella Machten (Powers), but she really captured her place among the great Dutch authors with her novel Armoede (Poverty), which she wrote in Utrecht between 1907 and 1909. Also in Utrecht, she wrote her best known book, De klop op de deur (The knock on the door), in 1930. This was adapted for television in 1970. During World War II she made a poem about every act of terrorism; shortly afte…Read more on Wikipedia