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Herman van Veen

Herman van Veen
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Van Veen in 2013
Born
Hermannus Jantinus van Veen

14 March 1945
Utrecht, Netherlands
OccupationStage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician
Years active1965–present
Spouse(s)
  • Marijke Hoffman
    (m. 1967; div. 1971)
  • Marlous Fluitsma
    (m. 1972; div. 1993)
  • Gaëtane Bouchez
    (m. 1993)

Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter and musician. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both were pianist annex composer.

In addition to performing internationally, van Veen is famous as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak (1976). The original one-man theatre show was adapted as a Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon (1989), which was broadcast internationally. In addition to creating the show's story, van Veen also wrote, composed and performed most of the show's music.[1][2][3]

He also performed the voice-overs for the characters Johan Sebastian Kwak, Krabnagel de Kater and Professor Paljas (Professor Buffon) in the Dutch and German versions of Alfred J. Kwak.

References

  1. ^ Official English profile Archived 31 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Wolf, Matt (11 November 1990). "Herman Van Who?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  3. ^ Rich, Frank (9 December 1982). "THE STAGE: VAN VEEN'S ONE-MAN SHOW". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2010.

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