Henri Nouwen

Dutch priest and writer (1932-1996)

Person Human Q723772

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: January 24, 1932
Date of death: September 21, 1996
Place of birth: Nijkerk
Place of death: Hilversum
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands^[10]
Occupation: writer, university teacher, psychologist, Catholic priest, theologian, Catholic theologian^[12]
Employer: Harvard University, Yale University, University of Notre Dame^[13]^[14]^[15]
Educated at: Aloysius College^[16]
Religion or worldview: Catholic Church^[18]
Award received: Thomas Merton Award^[17]
Sibling: Paul Nouwen^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Dutch, English^[24]^[25]
Archives at: University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services, John M. Kelly Library^[20]^[21]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Family name: Nouwen^[22]
Given name: Henry^[23]
Native language: Dutch^[11]

🏷️ Also known as

en Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen en Henri Nouwen cs Henri Nouwen de Henri Nouwen de Nouwen de Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen de Henri J. M. Nouwen es Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen fi Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen fi Henry Nouwen hu Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen id Henri Jozef Michel Nouwen ja ヘンリ・ナウエン ko 헨리 나우웬 nl Henry Nouwen pt Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen sv Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen sv Nouwen uk Генрі Ноуен zh 亨利·盧雲

🔖 Identifiers · 82

ISNI: 0000000120216739
VIAF cluster ID: 17227438
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80032207
GND ID: 118588885
Image (Wikimedia Commons): HenriNouwen.JPG ↗
Albin Michel author ID: henri-j-m-nouwen
Angelicum ID: 73636
BAnQ authority ID: 0000028908
BIBSYS ID: 90273794
BNMM authority ID: 000052054
Babelio author ID: 174445
BeWeb person ID: 3695

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Biblioteca centrale Cappuccini authority ID: 606
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID: 1465
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11917916m
BookBub author ID: henri-j-m-nouwen
CANTIC ID: 981058514152206706
CBDB.cz author ID: 8484
CONOR.SI ID: 12801891
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10063235
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216639383424
DBC author ID: 87097968770114
DBNL author ID: nouw007, nouw005
DDB person (GND) ID: 118588885
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 29391
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118588885
Discogs artist ID: 5385157
EBAF authority ID: 13485
ELNET ID: a12101527
FAST ID: 51783
Find a Grave memorial ID: 5590
Flemish Public Libraries ID: 000001852
Freebase ID: /m/02vzxp
GTAA ID: 137538
Geni profile ID: 6000000062436936833
Goodreads author ID: 4837
IdRef ID: 027050386
IxTheo authority ID: 079382304
J9U entity ID: 987007455243505171
KBR person ID: 14332730
Lebanese National Library ID: 10314
Libraries Australia ID: 36312111
Moly.hu author ID: henri-j-m-nouwen
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA04073414
NDL Authority ID: 00451507
NL CR AUT ID: jn20000604214
NLA Trove people ID: 1245127
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000107990
NSK ID: 981005667795109366
NUKAT ID: n94201808
National Library of Brazil ID: 000579175
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2018H1939, KAC200001044
National Library of Latvia ID: 000221373
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:V*390539;=BP
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810623210405606
National Library of Portugal ID: 253180
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1127066
National Virtual Library of India ID: 221677
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069323127
Obálky knih ID: jn20000604214
Online Books Page author ID: Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Open Library ID: OL229188A
PUG authority ID: 37038
Parsifal cluster ID: 67989
Penguin Random House author ID: 2.3M (2.2M–2.3M, n=3)
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 372445, 620865
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 5814, 113129
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID: 57766
Quora topic ID: Henri-Nouwen
Québec cultural heritage directory people ID: 22149
RERO ID (legacy): A003646396
RedBA Granada authority ID: 101003
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 84893
SBN author ID: CFIV110984
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 519792
SNAC ARK ID: w6k19fsj
SVKKL authority ID: p0069412-Nouwen-Henri-J-M-19321996
Teresianum authority ID: 4901
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058514152206706
WikiTree person ID: Nouwen-18
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmdwKmfqwp8VHvhFJ3WjC
Yale LUX ID: person/bc4ca1b4-c32f-4712-acbe-276a9674c32c

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 5

writer, psychologist, theologian, university teacher, Catholic priest

Employer 3

Harvard University, Yale University, University of Notre Dame

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Dutch

Award received 1

Thomas Merton Award

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Given name 1

Henry

Instance of 1

human

Native language 1

Dutch

Place of birth 1

Nijkerk

Place of death 1

Hilversum

Religion or worldview 1

Catholic Church

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Henri Nouwen was born on January 24, 1932^[1], in Nijkerk^[2]. He died on September 21, 1996^[3], in Hilversum^[4]. He worked as a writer^[5], university teacher^[6], psychologist^[7], Catholic priest^[8], and theologian^[9].

FAQs

Where was Henri Nouwen born?

Henri Nouwen's place of birth was Nijkerk^[2].

Where did Henri Nouwen die?

Henri Nouwen died in Hilversum^[4].

What did Henri Nouwen do for work?

Henri Nouwen worked as a writer^[5], university teacher^[6], psychologist^[7], Catholic priest^[8], and theologian^[9].

Where did Henri Nouwen go to school?

Henri Nouwen was educated at Aloysius College^[16].

What awards did Henri Nouwen receive?

Honors received include Thomas Merton Award^[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Henri Nouwen — place of birth (P19): Nijkerk. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Henri Nouwen — place of death (P20): Hilversum. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Henri Nouwen — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Henri Nouwen — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of the Netherlands. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Henri Nouwen — educated at (P69): Aloysius College. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Henri Nouwen — native language (P103): Dutch. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): writer. BeWeB. Retrieved 2021-02-14. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): psychologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): Catholic priest. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): theologian. BeWeB. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Henri Nouwen — occupation (P106): Catholic theologian. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Henri Nouwen — employer (P108): Harvard University. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Henri Nouwen — employer (P108): Yale University. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Henri Nouwen — employer (P108): University of Notre Dame. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Henri Nouwen — religion or worldview (P140): Catholic Church. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Henri Nouwen — award received (P166): Thomas Merton Award. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Henri Nouwen — archives at (P485): University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Henri Nouwen — archives at (P485): John M. Kelly Library. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Henri Nouwen — date of birth (P569): January 24, 1932. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Henri Nouwen — date of death (P570): September 21, 1996. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2017-10-09. pantheon.world. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Henri Nouwen — family name (P734): Nouwen. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Henri Nouwen — given name (P735): Henry. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Henri Nouwen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Dutch. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Henri Nouwen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Henri Nouwen — sibling (P3373): Paul Nouwen. wikidata.org.

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17w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Pontifical Urbaniana University ID → 5814, 113129

"Created claim: Pontifical Urbaniana University ID: 5814, batch #260256"
22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → p0069412-Nouwen-Henri-J-M-19321996

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0069412-Nouwen-Henri-J-M-19321996, batch #259497"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Occupation → writer, university teacher, psychologist +1

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