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Also Known As Eduard Douwes Dekker
Born March 2, 1820 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died February 19, 1887 (aged 66) • Germany
Notable Works “Ideën” • “Max Havelaar” • “Minnebrieven” • “Woutertje Pieterse”

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Van Looy, drawing by Jan Pieter Veth, 1896; in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Neth.
Jacobus van Looy
Dutch author and artist
Harry Mulisch
Dutch author
Gerard Reve
Dutch author
Nooteboom, Cees
Cees Nooteboom
Dutch author
Betje Wolff, detail of an engraving by Lodewyk Gotlieb Portman after a drawing by Abraham Teerlink after a painting by Petrus Groenia.
Betje Wolff
Dutch author
Agatha Deken, detail of an engraving by L. Portman after a drawing by A. Teerlink after a painting by P. Groenia
Aagje Deken
Dutch author
Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
Jo van Ammers-Küller
Dutch author
Willem Frederik Hermans
Dutch author
Maria Dermoût
Dutch author
Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer and critic
Couperus, engraving by T. Kerstel after a portrait by H.J. Haverman
Louis Marie Anne Couperus
Dutch author
Simon Vestdijk
Dutch writer
Schendel, detail of an oil painting by Jan Toorop, 1912
Arthur van Schendel
Dutch writer
Aernout Drost
Dutch author
Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914
Herman Heijermans
Dutch author
Jan de Hartog
Dutch-American author
Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection
Jacob van Lennep
Dutch writer
Lodewijk van Deyssel
Dutch author
Israël Querido
Dutch author