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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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- 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
- Person.mother
- Sietske Eeltjes Klein
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- Writer
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- Ingelheim am Rhein
- Educated at
- Barlaeus Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Notable work
- Max Havelaar
- Field of work
- belletristic literature
- Image
- Portret van de schrijver Multatuli (cropped).jpg
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- 1887-00-00
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- 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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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
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- 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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