Willy Corsari
Dutch writer (1897-1998) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 100
Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt, known by her stage name and pen name Willy Corsari, was a Dutch writer, actress and composer. She is noted for her detective fiction and has been termed the Dutch Agatha Christie.
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Born in Jette, a municipality of Brussels, 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 cabaret De Kattebel, performing on stage until 1932. At the same time, she developed her writing career.
