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Under the alias Samuel Montag, a pseudonym he took from a British banking house, he writes ruminations on everyday aspects of life. A frequent New York resident, he often voices exasperation at modern phenomena such as advertising, linguistic deterioration, free market ideology and growing car
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In 1960, as the paper’s junior foreign editor, he went to the United States in the US State Department’s Jointly Sponsored Journalists project, that organised placement of foreign journalists with American provincial newspapers. He followed a course in journalism at the
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of Dutch journalism. In 1999 he was named Dutch "Journalist of the century" in a nationwide poll among his peers. He once described himself as belonging to the "anarcho-liberal community", though his political orientation is that of the secular center of society.
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occupation had been going on for several days. On the night of 3 November he heard the Russian tanks arrive in the capital and witnessed the surrender of the resistance. Hofland later declared “I knew that freedom had lost and that the West wouldn't help.”
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He died at the age of 88 in June 2016. His columns and essays have been collected in some 30 books. He also published several novels and short stories. One of his favourite authors was the journalist
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and in particular the "anguish of Dutch authorities." He wrote the book out of anger and frustration about the Dutch cover-up culture in politics and business.
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speak, an experience he remembered as “flamboyant, unforgettable”. Although he shook Kennedy’s hand, he was too shy to ask a question at the time.
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Networks of empire: the US State Department's Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France, and Britain 1950-1970
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As a freelance journalist he continued to publish articles, essays and reports for
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1999 - ‘Dutch journalist of the century’ in a nationwide poll among his peers.
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as well as persistence and continuity, evidence of an iron discipline".
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Dutch Culture in a European Perspective: 1950, prosperity and welfare
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Dutch Culture in a European Perspective: 1950, prosperity and welfare
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instructed Hofland to the practice of journalism; he worked with
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ownership. From 2002 he also writes a column for the weekly
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Hofland received among others the following awards:
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H.J.A. Hofland

Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Journalist
columnist
essayist
P. C. Hooft Award
[ˈɦɛndrɪkjoːˈɦɑnəsaːdriˈjaːnʏsɦɛŋkˈɦɔflɑnt]
éminence grise
Rotterdam
bombing of the city
German invasion of the Netherlands
Nyenrode Business University
Willem Oltmans
Amsterdam
Algemeen Handelsblad
Anton Constandse
Hans van Mierlo
Jan Blokker
Harry Mulisch
Budapest
revolution
Soviet
Pennsylvania State University
Johnstown
Tribune-Democrat
John F. Kennedy
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
NRC Handelsblad

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