WRITER

Multatuli

1820 - 1887

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Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 – 19 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Multatuli has received more than 367,515 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Multatuli is the 695th most popular writer (up from 755th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 101st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Writer.

Multatuli is most famous for his novel Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Max Havelaar, of De koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij
1868
Duizend-en-eenige hoofdstukken over specialiteiten
1871
Ideën
1865
O God, er is geen God!
2008
De geschiedenis van Saïdjah en Adinda
1944
Liebes-brief
Biography
1911

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Multatuli ranks 695 out of 7,302. Before him are Truman Capote, Bettina von Arnim, Carlos Fuentes, Francesca da Rimini, Sri Chinmoy, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Naim Frashëri, Luis de Góngora, Periander, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Andrea Camilleri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Multatuli ranks 10. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Anne Brontë, Nadar, Henri, Count of Chambord, Jenny Lind, and Alexandru Ioan Cuza. After him are Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Božena Němcová, Henri Vieuxtemps, William John Macquorn Rankine, and Lewis A. Swift. Among people deceased in 1887, Multatuli ranks 8. Before him are Alexander Borodin, Gustav Fechner, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Jenny Lind, Eugène Edine Pottier, and Ivan Kramskoi. After him are Johann Jakob Bachofen, Friedrich von Amerling, Alfred Krupp, Juan, Count of Montizón, Jules Laforgue, and Doc Holliday.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Multatuli ranks 103 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerard ter Borch (1617), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Carel Fabritius (1622), Joris Ivens (1898), Norbert of Xanten (1080), and Leo Beenhakker (1942). After him are Herman Boerhaave (1668), Jacobus Arminius (1560), Kees van Dongen (1877), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jan van Goyen (1596), and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Multatuli ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), and Isabelle de Charrière (1740). After him are Harry Mulisch (1927), 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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