Harry Mulisch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harry Mulisch

Dutch writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1927

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 30-Oct-2010

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, essayist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Harry Mulisch

  • Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (pronunciation ['??ri? 'm?l??]; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer.
  • He wrote more than eighty novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections.
  • Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages.Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch postwar literature.
  • His novel The Assault (1982) was adapted into a film that won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
  • Mulisch's work is also popular among the country's public: a 2007 poll of NRC Handelsblad readers voted his novel The Discovery of Heaven (1992) the greatest Dutch book ever written.
  • He was regularly mentioned as a possible future Nobel laureate.

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