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- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 70
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Writing · Amsterdam
Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (1923 – 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon van het Reve and later adopted the shorter Gerard Reve. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature. Reve was one of the first homosexual authors to come out in the Netherlands. The humorous and recognisable…
Known for
- The Great Gerard Reve Show — Himself1974
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Gerard Reve (full name: Gerard Kornelis van het Reve, born 1923 - died 2006) was one of the greatest Dutch writers of the 20th century. He was born into a communist family but later in life entered the Catholic church and became a devout worshiper of the Virgin Mary, to the disbelief and ridicule of colleagues and readers alike. He is universally known for his stately Dutch prose, his concept of 'tragic irony', the theme of homosexuality, his provocative political remarks, and his very peculiar
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 12,959x
- 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
· 2016 · cited 12,244x
- AlphaFold Protein Structure Database: massively expanding the structural coverage of protein-sequence space with high-accuracy models
· 2021 · cited 7,567x
- Absorptive Capacity: A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension
· 2002 · cited 7,198x
- Genome sequencing in microfabricated high-density picolitre reactors
· 2005 · cited 6,074x
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Key dates
- Born
- 14 December 1923
- Died
- 8 April 2006
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Zulte
- Spouse
- Hanny Michaelis
- Sibling
- Karel van het Reve
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Vossius Gymnasium
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1923 births2006 deaths20th-century Dutch LGBTQ people20th-century Dutch male writers20th-century Dutch novelistsBelgian male novelistsControversies in the NetherlandsConverts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticismDeaths from Alzheimer's diseaseDeaths from dementia in BelgiumDutch anti-communistsDutch gay writers