WRITER

Multatuli

1820 - 1887

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Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tulī, "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia). He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Multatuli is the 707th most popular writer (down from 694th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Writer.

Multatuli is most famous for his novel Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Multatuli ranks 707 out of 7,302. Before him are Dietrich Eckart, Matthew Lewis, Stieg Larsson, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Lorenzo Da Ponte, and Georg Büchner. After him are Cassiodorus, Patrick White, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Clarice Lispector, Odysseas Elytis, and Epicharmus of Kos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Multatuli ranks 12. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine, Anne Brontë, Harriet Tubman, Henri, Count of Chambord, Edmond Becquerel, and Henri Vieuxtemps. After him are Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Susan B. Anthony, Lewis A. Swift, Heungseon Daewongun, and Božena Němcová. Among people deceased in 1887, Multatuli ranks 7. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff, Alexander Borodin, Gustav Fechner, Eugène Edine Pottier, Aleksandr Ulyanov, and Ivan Kramskoi. After him are Jenny Lind, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Juan, Count of Montizón, Alfred Krupp, Jules Laforgue, and Friedrich von Amerling.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Multatuli ranks 97 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerard Kuiper (1905), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Kees van Dongen (1877), and Menno Simons (1496). After him are Judith Leyster (1609), William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Dick Advocaat (1947), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), and Carel Fabritius (1622).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Multatuli ranks 3. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), and Thomas Bernhard (1931). After him are Harry Mulisch (1927), 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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