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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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Eduard Douwes Dekker, known by the pseudonym Multatuli, was a male writer and civil servant born in Amsterdam in 1820. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Germany and wrote in Dutch. His education took place at the Barlaeus Gymnasium, and he specialized in belletristic literature.
His notable work is the novel *Max Havelaar*. Other significant writings include *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)*. He authored 75 works in total.
Multatuli died in Ingelheim am Rhein. His archives are held at the Letterenhuis, and his works are part of the collection at the Anne Frank House. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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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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- Multatuli
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- Portret van de schrijver Multatuli (cropped).jpg
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- Eduard Douwes Dekker, also known as Multatuli in 1864
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- 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
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- Sietske Eeltjes Klein
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- Writer
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Wikidata facts
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- human
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- Eduard
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- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Ingelheim am Rhein
- Educated at
- Barlaeus Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
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- Dutch
- Notable work
- Max Havelaar
- Field of work
- belletristic literature
- Image
- Portret van de schrijver Multatuli (cropped).jpg
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- Multatuli
- date of birth
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- date of death
- 1887-00-00
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- Multatuli
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- Category:Multatuli
- birth name
- Eduard Douwes Dekker
- archives at
- Letterenhuis
- pseudonym
- Multatuli
- name in native language
- Eduard Douwes Dekker
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
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