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Gerard Reve

1923 - 2006

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Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve [ˈɣeːrɑrt ˈreːvə] in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature. His 1981 novel De vierde man (The Fourth Man) was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1983 film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Reve is the 3,033rd most popular writer (down from 2,948th in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 484th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Gerard Reve ranks 3,033 out of 7,302. Before him are Siegfried Sassoon, Gunilla Bergström, Marcin Bielski, Raffi, Takuboku Ishikawa, and Christoph Friedrich Nicolai. After him are Arthur Cravan, Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Friedrich Wolf, Buddhadasa, Silvio Pellico, and Hyginus Gromaticus.

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Among people born in 1923, Gerard Reve ranks 180. Before him are Milt Jackson, Arthur Hiller, Shoshana Damari, Linda Darnell, Seijun Suzuki, and Michael V. Gazzo. After him are Lydia Clarke, Edward Clancy, Gustavo Rojo, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, and Brian Naylor. Among people deceased in 2006, Gerard Reve ranks 159. Before him are Alexander Zinoviev, Maureen Stapleton, Mickey Spillane, Anthony Franciosa, Jerry Brudos, and Shoshana Damari. After him are Rudi Carrell, Mariam Aslamazian, Vera Aceva, Bruno Kirby, Caspar Weinberger, and Chris Penn.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard Reve ranks 488 out of 1,646. Before him are Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Willem Drost (1633), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Junkie XL (1967), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), and Wiel Coerver (1924). After him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Rudi Carrell (1934), Johannes van den Bosch (1780), Virgil van Dijk (1991), and Gijs van Lennep (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gerard Reve ranks 21. Before him are Corrie ten Boom (1892), Herman Gorter (1864), Louis Couperus (1863), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), and Jacob Israël de Haan (1881). After him are Tim Krabbé (1943), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Macropedius (1487), Jan Luyken (1649), Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), and Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792).

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