Multatuli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Multatuli

Dutch author

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1820

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1887

Profession: writer, civil servant, feminist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tuli, "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.