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

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.