WRITER

Gerard Reve

1923 - 2006

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Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve [ˈɣeːrɑrt ˈreːvə] in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard Reve has received more than 163,127 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Reve is the 2,948th most popular writer (down from 2,742nd in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 431st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bezorgde ouders
1988
Werther Nieland ; De ondergang van de familie Boslowits
1964
Nader tot u
1966
De avonden
1947
Lieve jongens
1973
Op weg naar het einde
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gerard Reve ranks 2,948 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Sifrein Maury, Vince Gilligan, Michael Ondaatje, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Charles Kingsley, and Thomas Otway. After him are Alfred Andersch, Isabella di Morra, Hervé Bazin, Paul Gallico, Tudor Arghezi, and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Gerard Reve ranks 175. Before him are Bob Barker, Cesare Siepi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Linda Darnell, Inge Morath, and D. N. Aidit. After him are Naziha al-Dulaimi, Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge María Mejía, Fatmawati, Jozef Lenárt, and Raoul Bott. Among people deceased in 2006, Gerard Reve ranks 153. Before him are Asima Chatterjee, Jack Williamson, Elena Mukhina, Jean-François Revel, Richard Bright, and David Gemmell. After him are Lars Korvald, Red Auerbach, Henri Colpi, Elizabeth Bolden, Mariam Aslamazian, and Chris Penn.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard Reve ranks 484 out of 1,646. Before him are Isaac van Ostade (1621), Dick van Dijk (1946), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), Wim Ruska (1940), Adri van der Poel (1959), and Pieter Pourbus (1523). After him are Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637), Willem de Vlamingh (1640), Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Barent Fabritius (1624), Maria van Oosterwijck (1630), and Pierre Cuypers (1827).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gerard Reve ranks 21. Before him are Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Jan Luyken (1649), Macropedius (1487), and Louis Couperus (1863). After him are Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Tim Krabbé (1943).

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