Literature · 1820–1870

Multatuli — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 2 March 1820 · Died: 19 February 1870 · Age at death: 49

How old was Multatuli when he died?

Multatuli died aged 49. He was born on 2 March 1820 and died on 19 February 1870.

Dutch writer whose work challenged colonial rule in Indonesia

Did you know?His famous novel is credited with helping to bring about a change in Dutch colonial policy during the nineteenth century.

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

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