Jacob Israël de Haan

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Jacob Israël de Haan

21 Published BooksJacob Israël de Haan

Dutch born Jewish gay novelist, poet, journalist and legal scholar.

De Haan was born in rural Smilde in the Dutch province of Drenthe. He grew up in Zaandam.

In 1919 he moved to Palestine and settled in Jerusalem, where he was assassinated in 1924 by members of Hagana.