Chris van Abkoude
Birth date
November 6, 1880
Death date
January 2, 1960
Place of birth
Rotterdam
Profession
Writing
Age
79 years
Biography
Chris van Abkoude (6 November 1880 – 2 January 1960) was a Dutch writer and novelist of mostly children's books. In 1916 he moved to the United States, where he wrote all novels from his Pietje Bell series except for the first one, which he wrote in 1914 in Rotterdam. In the U.S., he anglicized his name to Charles Winters. In 1923 Van Abkoude wrote the novel Kruimeltje (Little Crumb), that has been adapted to film multiple times.
Also known as
Charles Winters
