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Harry Mulisch

1927 - 2010

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Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑri ˈmulɪɕ]; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 languages so far. Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch postwar literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Mulisch is the 763rd most popular writer (up from 826th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 124th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Writer.

Harry Mulisch is most famous for his novel "The Assault" which tells the story of a Dutch Jew who survived the Holocaust.

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Among writers, Harry Mulisch ranks 763 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Hawqal, Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Arto Paasilinna, and Maurus Servius Honoratus. After him are V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, Bernhard Schlink, Ban Gu, and Pierre Boulle.

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Among people born in 1927, Harry Mulisch ranks 43. Before him are Lawrence Kohlberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, Emmanuelle Riva, and Raúl Alfonsín. After him are Juliette Gréco, Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, Sydney Brenner, William Perry, and Hugo Pratt. Among people deceased in 2010, Harry Mulisch ranks 28. Before him are Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Zecharia Sitchin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, and Francesco Cossiga. After him are Algirdas Brazauskas, Gennady Yanayev, Bruno Cremer, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Jean Simmons, and Alice Miller.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Harry Mulisch ranks 109 out of 1,646. Before him are Carel Fabritius (1622), Gerrit Dou (1613), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), and Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930). After him are Norbert of Xanten (1080), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Bernard Mandeville (1670), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), and Gerard David (1450).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Harry Mulisch ranks 4. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Thomas Bernhard (1931), and Multatuli (1820). After him are Etty Hillesum (1914), Robert van Gulik (1910), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), and Cornelis Tromp (1629).

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