1. Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pen name Multatuli, was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel Max Havelaar, which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies.
12 Facts About Multatuli
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Engel inherited the surnames of both his parents, Pieter Douwes and Engeltje Dekker, and Multatuli's family retained both names.
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The government decided otherwise; Multatuli had again amassed a deficit in the official funds and had run up private debts, a situation that raised suspicions of financial irregularities but was never cleared up.
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Multatuli sent his manuscript of Max Havelaar to Van Hasselt, and Van Hasselt sent this manuscript to another Freemason, Jacob van Lennep.
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Multatuli's misleadingly titled second book, Minnebrieven, is actually another mordant satire, this time in the form of a fictitious correspondence.
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Multatuli had moved to Germany about ten years earlier, where he settled in the town of Ingelheim am Rhein near Mainz.
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Multatuli married Everdine Hubertina van Wijnbergen on 10 April 1846.
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Multatuli eventually separated from his wife, in large part due to his gambling addiction and related financial problems.
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Multatuli died in 1874 and Multatuli not long afterwards married Maria Hamminck Schepel.
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Multatuli was one of Sigmund Freud's favorite writers; his name heads a list of 'ten good books' that Freud drew up in 1907.
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The Multatuli Museum is located in Amsterdam at Korsjespoortsteeg 20, where Eduard Douwes Dekker was born.
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Multatuli's ashes were later brought to the cemetery and crematorium Westerveld in Driehuis.