WRITER

Harry Mulisch

1927 - 2010

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Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑriː ˈmulɪʃ]; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 languages so far.Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch postwar literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Mulisch has received more than 188,412 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Het stenen bruidsbed
1959
Hoogste Tijd
Families, Entertainers, Family
1985
Twee vrouwen
1975
De aanslag
History, Fiction, Historical Fiction
1982
De ontdekking van de hemel
literary fiction, Multatuliprijs winnaar, Mekka-prijs winnaar
Dit monumentale boek, waarin alle thema's en obsessies uit het werk van Harry Mulisch in 65 hoofdstukken bijeenkomen, is tegelijk een psychologische roman, een filosofische roman, een tijdroman, een ontwikkelingsroman, een avonturenroman en een alles overkoepelend mysteriespel.
1993
Siegfried
Fiction, Authors, Household employees
2001

Page views of Harry Mulisches by language

Over the past year Harry Mulisch has had the most page views in the with 49,932 views, followed by English (19,931), and German (11,394). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (84.87%), Icelandic (80.36%), and Occitan (75.99%)

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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