Melati van Java

Biography

Melati van Java was the pen name of Nicolina Maria "Marie" Sloot (1853–1927). She was an Indonesian-born Dutch writer. During the period around the start of the 20th century, her novels were popular with the Dutch public. She was born in Semarang in Java. In 1871, her family returned to the Netherlands. She began publishing under the name Mathilde in 1872, later using her famous pen name Melati van Java. In 1893, she was invited to join Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, the Dutch litera…