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Also Known As	Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch
Born	July 29, 1927 • Haarlem • Netherlands
Died	October 30, 2010 (aged 83) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works	“Archibald Strohalm” • “Last Call” • “Siegfried” • “The Assault” • “The Discovery of Heaven” • “The Procedure” • “The Stone Bridal Bed” • “Two Women”

Gerard Reve

Dutch author

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Betje Wolff, detail of an engraving by Lodewyk Gotlieb Portman after a drawing by Abraham Teerlink after a painting by Petrus Groenia.

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Dutch author

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Aagje Deken

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Multatuli

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Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

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Maria Dermoût

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Dutch writer and critic

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Aernout Drost

Dutch author

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Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914

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Dutch author

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Van Looy, drawing by Jan Pieter Veth, 1896; in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Neth.

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