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in 1943. While in prison, she sang to entertain her fellow inmates and, although she was released due to a lack of evidence, this was the last time she felt able to sing to others. She waited until the end of the war before resuming publishing, unwilling to support the occupying forces. Her
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Sichterman in 1919, and had a son, named Paul Ewoud, the same year. The couple divorced in 1925. She subsequently married Hendrik Willem Cornelis Douwens to retain custody of her son, but her new husband died in 1931, leaving her a widow. She subsequently had a
419:, due to the popularity of her detective novels, and characters like Inspector Robert Lund. Lund, introduced in 1934, became an archetype of the Dutch detective in popular culture. Her writing reflected a wide range of themes, from her experience in Amsterdam during the Second World War in
698:, who was at the time married. She accused him of stealing her silverware, for which he was detained. Although Campert separated from his wife, saying that he would rather be with Corsari, their relationship ended after two years. She never remarried. In 1950, she started exploring the
371:(Numbers) is a story set in the German cabaret world, which she wrote while in Berlin in the 1920s but was published in 1932. It was also in 1932 that she retired from singing cabaret to concentrate on writing. As well as novels and children's stories, she wrote stage plays and
290:, but her father took advantage of this by ensuring she had music lessons on the piano as well as instruction from his singing teacher, Mrs. Ypes-Speet while they were in Berlin. Her talent at writing became evident early in her life and she had her first story published in the
342:, appearing as a headline act. She sang in Dutch and German. Returning to the Netherlands, she continued to pursue her singing career with increasing success, while at the same time also resuming her writing. In 1927, she published her first three books, the children's book
195:, the daughter of a singer and a musician, she spent an itinerant childhood living in the Dutch East Indies, Germany and the Netherlands. Corsari developed as a writer at an early age, being first published at age ten. In 1914, she had her musical debut at the
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Her writing proved very popular outside the
Netherlands as well as in the local market, and has been translated into Afrikaans, Hebrew, Danish, English, French, Frisian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. She has been called the Dutch
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van Boven, Erica (2003). "Schrijven als Beroep. Willy
Corsari (1897—1998). Een broodschrijfster met literaire passie" [Writing as a Profession. Willy Corsari (1897—1998). A bread writer with a literary passion].
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hairstyle. From this point on, writing increasingly took over from music as the focus of her time. Sometimes they complemented each other. For example, she would use her experience of cabaret to inform her writing.
210:(Crime without Mistakes). Many more followed. She also produced plays for the stage and radio, and, in 1972 an album of songs that she wrote and composed entitled
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Arnoldussen, Paul; Renders, Hans (2003). "Willy
Corsari. "Ik was helaas een wonderkind"" [Willy Corsari. "Unfortunately I was a child prodigy"].
224:, although released due to insufficient evidence. After the war, Corsari continued to publish and reached a peak in 1958 with over 200,000 copies of her
204:, performing on stage until 1932. At the same time, she developed her writing career. In 1927, she published her first three books, including
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405:(Songs in the Twilight), containing songs she had both written and composed, was released. The same year saw the publication of
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Women Writing: A Short Literary History of the Low Countries 1880—2010
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Het Mysterie van de Mondscheinsonate (The Mystery of the Moon) (1934)
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