Harry Mulisch

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulischs works have been translated into over 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 (1982) was adapted into a film that won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. Mulischs work is also popular among the countrys 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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