Harry Mulisch Writer

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch About this sound pronunciation (29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. These have been translated into more than 30 languages.Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch postwar literature. His novel The Assault became a 1986 film, which won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. A 2007 poll revealed his 1992 novel The Discovery of Heaven as the "Best Dutch Book Ever". He was regularly thought of as a possible future Nobel laureate.

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Birth date	July 29, 1927
Birth name	Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch
Birth place	Netherlands , Haarlem
Nationality	Dutch language
Date of death	October 30, 2010
Place of death	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Resting place	Amsterdam , Netherlands , Zorgvlied (cemetery)

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Career start	1952
Career end	2001
award	Harry Mulisch
influenced by	Edgar Allan Poe Fyodor Dostoyevsky Sophocles Thomas Mann Greek mythology Jewish mysticism Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Leonard Roggeveen
notable work	The Discovery of Heaven The Assault