Igor Cornelissen Explained

Igor Cornelissen
Birth Date:	1935 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Zwolle, Netherlands
Death Place:	Zwolle, Netherlands
Occupation:	Writer, journalist
Nationality:	Dutch

Igor Cornelissen (3 May 1935 – 13 March 2021) was a Dutch journalist and author.

Cornelissen was born in Zwolle. He was journalist at Dutch; Flemish: [[Het Vrije Volk]] (1956–1958), editor at Dutch; Flemish: [[Vrij Nederland]] (1962–1996) and between 1990 and 2000, he wrote the Dutch; Flemish: [[footnote|Voetnoot]] column for Dutch; Flemish: [[Het Parool]].^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cornelissen has written many novels and books. His literary work mainly focused on World War II, and Communism. He wrote biographies of Jaap Meijer and Paul de Groot.^[1] Cornelissen was a member of the Fourth International.^[2] Until 1971, he was a trotskyist.^[1]

Cornelissen died in Zwolle on 13 March 2021 from a heart attack.^{[3] [2]}

External links

• Igor Cornelissen at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trouw . 13 March 2021 . Journalist en schrijver Igor Cornelissen overleden . nl . Journalist and writer Igor Cornelissen passed away.
2. Web site: Journalist, jeneverdrinker, trompettist en pijproker Igor Cornelissen (85) overleden . nl . Journalist, gin drinker, trumpeter and pipe smoker Igor Cornelissen (85) has died . nos.nl.
3. Web site: Journalist Igor Cornelissen overleden op 85-jarige leeftijd . nl . Journalist Igor Cornelissen died at the age of 85 . 13 March 2021 . NU.