Nikolaes Heinsius the Younger
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Nikolaes Heinsius the Younger (1655–1718) was a Dutch writer.
Heinsius, an illegitimate son of Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder, was the author of The Delightful Adventures and Wonderful Life of Mirandor (1675), one of the first romance novels in Dutch literature. He had to flee the country in 1677 for committing a murder in the streets of The Hague, and died in obscurity.
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