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Multatuli
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Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 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.
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Multatuli was the pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker, a Dutch writer and civil servant. Born in Amsterdam in 1820, he was educated at the Barlaeus Gymnasium. His field of work was belletristic literature, and he is noted for the work *Max Havelaar*. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Germany.
Dekker wrote in Dutch and is associated with several other works, including *Surat Multatuli kepada raja tentang pidato pembukaan kenegaraan*, *Register op de Ideën van Multatuli*, and *Een paar nog onuitgegeven brieven van Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli)*. His archives are held at the Letterenhuis. He died in Ingelheim am Rhein in 1887.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 75
Top works
- Surat Multatuli kepada raja tentang pidato pembukaan kenegaraan
- Max Havelaar
- Register op de Ideën van Multatuli
- Een paar nog onuitgegeven brieven van Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli)
- Maḳs Haṿelar
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 58
- Total plays
- 271
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Foreign Ministers During the Reign of Emperor Nicholas II (1894-1917)
· 2025
- The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli
· 1975
- Anastasia Romanova: The First Russian Tsaritsa
· 2023
- « Providence », L’Idée Libre, 7 juin 1912
· 2012
- The Russian Empire and the Western Allies in World War I: From Attempts at Military Isolation to Participation in the February 1917 Coup
· 2022
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Quotes
- “Maybe nothing is completely true, and not even that.”
- “One must live with all, e'en if life be hell: Crime makes shame, not monetary stricture”
- “I would like to meet myself sometime to see how I would look to myself. But I'd have to be in an extremely good state of mind on such a day, because I don't like unpleasantness.”
- “The entire morality of the world could be summarized in the words, do as others do.”
- “Since I have the obligation to take care of the needs of my family, I have decided to use a talent which, I believe, has been given to me. I am a poet… Phew! You know, reader, what I and all sensible people think about that.”
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Multatuli
- Person.image
- Portret van de schrijver Multatuli (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Eduard Douwes Dekker, also known as Multatuli in 1864
- Person.birth_name
- Eduard Douwes Dekker
- Person.birth_place
- Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Person.death_place
- Nieder Ingelheim, Rhine, German Empire
- Person.spouse
- Everdine Hubertina van WijnbergenMaria Hamminck Schepel
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.father
- Engel Douwes Dekker
- Person.mother
- Sietske Eeltjes Klein
- Person.occupation
- Writer
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Family and education
- Career in Dutch East Indies
- Natal, Sumatra
- Menado, Ambon, and Lebak
- Writing career
- Marriages
- Legacy
- Bibliography
- Works which appeared during Multatuli's lifetime
- Posthumous publications
- English translations
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 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.
== Family and education ==
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