Piet Hein biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Piet Hein

Author Name:

Piet Hein

Born As:

Piet Hein

Other Names:

Piet Hein

Born:

16 Dec 1905

Died:

17 Apr 1996




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Physicist, poet, and puzzle inventor                          
Grooks - 20 volumes, originally published between 1940 and 1963, all currently out-of-print.                          
Direct descendant of Piet Pieterszoon Hein, the Dutch naval hero of the 17th century.                          
                          
Often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone.