Fedde Laninga

Fedde Laninga (August 8, 1891 - February 16, 1979) was a Brunanter author, poet and essayist. One of the most prolific writers of Brunanter literature and the most important exponent of psychological realism in Brunant, Laninga was a sailor for many years and thus most of his works are of nautical setting. Laninga used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.

A dominant figure of the Brunanter literature during the 19th and 20th century, Laninga has inspired many authors, including Carlyle O'Keefe and Hannah Jacobson. What is more, his books Murder in Odessa and The Severed Nose are thought to have a great influence to crime fiction writers, incuding Lodewijk van't Kirk. Laninga also translated some major works of the European literature in Dutch.

Merchant navy
He served in the Dutch Merchant Navy from 1911 until 1914 and from 1919 until 1932.

Novels

 * Sea Dog
 * Captain E.E. Plourde
 * Silence
 * Murder in Odessa
 * The Severed Nose
 * The Lost Catamaran
 * Ludger the Sailor
 * Three Strangers in Berganz
 * Following the Pole Star
 * Wind through the Trees
 * Thalers of Dishonor
 * The Islander
 * Sell your Cloak
 * Through the Tsushima Straits
 * Betrayal
 * The Floating House
 * The Happy Widow
 * The Abonded Mansion
 * Sea Shells

Novellas

 * The Castaway
 * The Girl from Kochi
 * To Mermaid Island and Back Here
 * The Insame Bosun
 * The Secret Garden
 * Bread and Wine
 * The Seagull
 * Melancholia
 * The Apple tree
 * Human Hypocricy

Poetry

 * The Ballads of Kazuki Oshiro
 * Old Junk Poems
 * Poetics of the Stormy Sea

Translations

 * Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
 * The Rover by Joseph Conrad
 * The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad
 * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
 * Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
 * Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Essays

 * An Essay on Religion
 * The Absurdity of War
 * Thoughts on Brunanter Art
 * Personal Notes