Bob Wallagh

author

Dutch^[1] b. 31 October 1907, Amsterdam^[1] d. 14 August 1967, Amsterdam^[1] active until 1967

Bob Wallagh (born Gerrit Hartog Bob Wallagh) was a Dutch journalist, radio presenter and author, born and died in Amsterdam. After the Second World War he co-hosted the popular radio programme Hersengymnastiek with Jan Boots. He wrote many books, including a series of romances about Empress Sissi, the documentary series Nacht over Nederland 1940-1945 (co-authored with Max Adriani Engels, 1945) and a biography of Brigitte Bardot. Under the pseudonym Gerard van den Amstel he wrote Terug naar den Olympus (1942; revised 1953). His 1941 novel In de Trou drew plagiarism accusations concerning Joseph Alberdingk Thijm's Portretten. In 1953 he wrote the text for the pocket-format photobook Amsterdam bij nacht (also listed as Amsterdam bij avond), published by De Kern, which combined his text with a selection of Lood van Bennekom's night photographs of Amsterdam.^[1,2]

• Amsterdam
• radio
• journalism
• popular history

Works by Bob Wallagh

• 1953 Amsterdam bij avond (Amsterdam bij nacht) De Kern · book · Dutch Text by Wallagh; photographs by Lood van Bennekom
• 1945 Nacht over Nederland 1940-1945 book · Dutch Co-authored with Max Adriani Engels
• 1942 Terug naar den Olympus book · Dutch Published under the pseudonym Gerard van den Amstel; revised 1953

References

1. Bob Wallagh. Wikipedia (nl). Wikimedia Foundation link
2. Jan Wingender. I Amsterdam the PhotoBooks 1907 - 2011. Bouillabaise Work in Progress. 2015 link