Robert van Gulik

Robert van Gulik
Robert van Gulik with a baby gibbon Bubu
Born9 August 1910 (1910-08-09)
Died24 September 1967(1967-09-24) (aged 57)
SpouseShui Shifang
ChildrenWillem, Pieter, Pauline, Thomas
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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.