Multatuli

Multatuli
Eduard Douwes Dekker, also known as Multatuli in 1864
Born
Eduard Douwes Dekker

(1820-03-02)2 March 1820
Amsterdam, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died19 February 1887(1887-02-19) (aged 66)
Nieder Ingelheim, Rhine, German Empire
OccupationWriter

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). He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors.[1]

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