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Jan Eekhout
Jan Eekhout (born Sluis, 10 January 1900; died Amsterdam, 6 March 1978) was a Dutch writer, particularly known as the author of the novel Pastoor Poncke ("Pastor Poncke"). The Dutch resistance fighter Poncke Princen gained his nickname by reading aloud from this book to fellow-prisoners in a Nazi prison during World War II.
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