WRITER

Harry Mulisch

1927 - 2010

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Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑri ˈmulɪɕ]; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Mulisch has received more than 203,584 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Harry Mulisch is the 827th most popular writer (up from 1,013th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 136th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Writer.

Harry Mulisch is most famous for his novel "The Assault" which tells the story of a Dutch Jew who survived the Holocaust.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Harry Mulisch ranks 827 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodor Fontane, Ahmad Khani, Neale Donald Walsch, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Ibn Hawqal, and Italo Svevo. After him are Laura de Noves, Venantius Fortunatus, Franz Grillparzer, Zhang Sanfeng, John Bunyan, and Gerard of Cremona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Harry Mulisch ranks 44. Before him are Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Angelo Sodano, Robert Ludlum, Daniel Keyes, Hugo Pratt, and Don Shirley. After him are Harry Markowitz, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Andrew Olah, Maurice Ronet, Sydney Brenner, and Stan Getz. Among people deceased in 2010, Harry Mulisch ranks 29. Before him are Francesco Cossiga, Bruno Cremer, Alois Brunner, Dino De Laurentiis, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Viktor Chernomyrdin. After him are Louise Bourgeois, Stjepan Bobek, Miep Gies, Algirdas Brazauskas, Alice Miller, and Vladimir Arnold.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Harry Mulisch ranks 124 out of 1,646. Before him are Willem de Kooning (1904), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Bertha of Holland (1055), and Claus Sluter (1340). After him are Robert van Gulik (1910), Louise of the Netherlands (1828), Willem Janszoon (1570), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), and Paulus Potter (1625).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Harry Mulisch ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), and Multatuli (1820). After him are Robert van Gulik (1910), Etty Hillesum (1914), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Jacob Cats (1577), and Aagje Deken (1741).

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