Multatuli

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essay collection human novel pseudonym

Multatuli was the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker, a 19th-century Dutch writer best known for his influential anti-colonial novel "Max Havelaar," which criticized Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essay collection → human → novel → novel → pseudonym →
author	Multatuli → Multatuli → Multatuli →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
child	Edu Weitzel Douwes Dekker →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of the Netherlands → Kingdom of the Netherlands →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
dateOfBirth	1820-03-02 →
dateOfDeath	1887-02-19 →
educatedAt	Latin school in Amsterdam →
gender	male →
genre	essay → political fiction → satire →
hasHonor	Multatuli Museum in Amsterdam → Multatuli Prize →
influenced	Dutch literature → Indonesian nationalist movement →
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch →
movement	Liberalism → Realism →
notableFor	criticism of Dutch colonialism in the Dutch East Indies →
notableWork	Ideeën → Max Havelaar → Woutertje Pieterse →
occupation	civil servant → novelist → writer →
originalLanguageOfWork	Dutch →
placeOfBirth	Amsterdam →
placeOfDeath	Ingelheim am Rhein →
positionHeld	colonial official in the Dutch East Indies →
pseudonymOf	Eduard Douwes Dekker →
realName	Eduard Douwes Dekker →
residence	Amsterdam → Brussels → Germany →
spouse	Everdine Huberta van Wijnbergen →
writingStyle	autobiographical → ironic → socially critical →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ideeën → Max Havelaar → Max Havelaar → Woutertje Pieterse →	author
Max Havelaar ("Eduard Douwes Dekker") →	authorRealName
Cultivation System →	inspiredAuthor
Multatuli ("Eduard Douwes Dekker") →	pseudonymOf
Multatuli ("Eduard Douwes Dekker") →	realName