WRITER

Robert van Gulik

1910 - 1967

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Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: 髙羅佩; pinyin: Gāo Luópèi, 9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert van Gulik has received more than 205,129 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Robert van Gulik is the 844th most popular writer (up from 905th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 120th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Writer.

Robert van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat and sinologist who became famous for his detective stories about Judge Dee, a Chinese magistrate of the 7th century.

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  • 210k

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  • 68.28

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert van Gulik ranks 844 out of 7,302. Before him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Tibor Sekelj, Ingeborg Bachmann, Miroslav Krleža, Julian Barnes, and Vittoria Colonna. After him are Heliodorus of Emesa, Juliette Récamier, Varlam Shalamov, W. H. Auden, Stesichorus, and Jules Renard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Robert van Gulik ranks 37. Before him are Kurt Meyer, Jean Anouilh, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, William Hanna, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and William Shockley. After him are Benzion Netanyahu, Meša Selimović, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Diosdado Macapagal, Edda Mussolini, and Paul Flory. Among people deceased in 1967, Robert van Gulik ranks 32. Before him are Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Françoise Dorléac, Shigeru Yoshida, Norman Angell, Hermann Joseph Muller, and Brian Epstein. After him are Héctor Scarone, Jaroslav Heyrovský, Ossip Zadkine, Totò, John Cockcroft, and Harald Quandt.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Robert van Gulik ranks 125 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter Aertsen (1508), Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Bertha of Holland (1055), Claus Sluter (1340), and Harry Mulisch (1927). After him are Louise of the Netherlands (1828), Willem Janszoon (1570), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Paulus Potter (1625), and Nicolaes Tulp (1593).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Robert van Gulik ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Bernhard (1931), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Multatuli (1820), and Harry Mulisch (1927). After him are 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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