van Strien Kees

Revue Voltaire 15 (2015), p. 273-280.
An unpublished letter from the comtesse d’Argental to Voltaire (D10319a) and three letters attributed to Voltaire in the Dutch press Kees van Strien

Revue Voltaire 12 (2012), p. 295-319 Kees van Strien, "Voltaire’s final year in Dutch newspapers".
From February 1778 onwards the Dutch and French newspapers published in the United Provinces paid much attention to Voltaire’s glorious return to Paris. Particularly the gazettes d’Amsterdam, d’Utrecht, de Leyde and de La Haye reported the events in considerable detail. These papers, widely circulated in France, continued to do so after Voltaire’s death, when the Paris papers, due to pressure from (...)

Revue Voltaire 10 (2010), pp.221-44.
Kees van Strien, “Voltaire and the Calas affair as reported in Holland, 1762-67.”
From April 1762 to December 1766 the Calas affair was a regular feature in periodical publications appearing in Holland. After the first reports on Jean Calas being broken upon a wheel in Toulouse, newspapers informed their readers about the subsequent legal proceedings and about the raising of the necessary funds. In March 1765, exactly three years after the event, there (...)