Havank, pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der
Kallen (1904 –1964), was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator. He
published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the founding fathers of
the Dutch detective genre.
Van der Kallen was born in Leeuwarden and, under the
pen-name of Havank, published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as
principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M.
Carlier (the latter better known as De Schaduw, "the Shadow").
During World War II Havank worked as an editor and
occasionally as a war correspondent for the London edition of the Dutch weekly
Vrij Nederland. Shortly after the war he was invited to ghost-write the memoirs
of Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, the original spycatcher. These memoirs were
serialized in the News Chronicle.
The Dutch police named its forensic fingerprinting system Havank in Havank's honour.
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