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Robert van Gulik

1910 - 1967

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Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: 髙羅佩; pinyin: Gāo Luópèi, 9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert van Gulik is the 1,031st most popular writer (down from 843rd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 125th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Writer.

Robert van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat and sinologist who became famous for his detective stories about Judge Dee, a Chinese magistrate of the 7th century.

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Among writers, Robert van Gulik ranks 1,031 out of 7,302. Before him are Madeleine de Scudéry, Jean-Claude Carrière, Alexandra David-Néel, Edith Södergran, Paulinus of Nola, and Sergio Badilla Castillo. After him are Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, August Kubizek, Lafcadio Hearn, Thomas Malory, and August von Kotzebue.

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Among people born in 1910, Robert van Gulik ranks 50. Before him are António de Spínola, Pierre Schaeffer, Ne Win, Erich Kempka, Edvard Kardelj, and Momofuku Ando. After him are Francisco Varallo, Tancredo Neves, Meša Selimović, Jean-Louis Barrault, Said bin Taimur, and Diosdado Macapagal. Among people deceased in 1967, Robert van Gulik ranks 50. Before him are Ossip Zadkine, Harald Quandt, Joseph Pilates, Brian Epstein, Totò, and Shukri al-Quwatli. After him are Violeta Parra, G. W. Pabst, Vladimir Bartol, Luigi Tenco, Otis Redding, and Anthony Mann.

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Among people born in Netherlands, Robert van Gulik ranks 146 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem Janszoon (1570), Tom Gehrels (1925), Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576), Wim Kok (1938), Ferdinand Bol (1616), and Karel Appel (1921). After him are Geert Hofstede (1928), Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1939), and René van de Kerkhof (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Robert van Gulik ranks 6. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Thomas Bernhard (1931), Multatuli (1820), Harry Mulisch (1927), and Etty Hillesum (1914). After him are 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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