Janwillem van de Wetering

Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American author and translator (died 2008)

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Born: February 12, 1931
Died: July 4, 2008
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1931

About Janwillem van de Wetering

Jan Willem Lincoln van de Wetering was the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. Van de Wetering was awarded the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1984 for his novel Maine Massacre. He wrote the first draft in 1958, and the second draft in the summer of 1960, but only wrote the book that was published in 10 days in 1970.

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Janwillem van de Wetering timeline

1958He wrote the first draft in 1958, and the second draft in the summer of 1960, but only wrote the book that was published in 10 days in 1970.
1984Van de Wetering was awarded the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1984 for his novel Maine Massacre.

The world when Janwillem van de Wetering was born

Janwillem van de Wetering was born in 1931. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1931

#1 song"Stardust" – Artie Shaw
Top movieFrankenstein
Best-selling bookThe Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentKnute Rockne dies in plane crash
Top headlineAl Capone convicted of tax evasion
Technology milestoneEmpire State Building completed
Defining fadJigsaw puzzles
Notable inventionElectric razor
World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population124.0M

1931 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Janwillem van de Wetering's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1931	2026
Gas	$0.17	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,500	$435,000
Average income	$3,000	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	124.0M	341 million

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