Multatuli

1820 - 1887

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  Kingdom of the Netherlands
native language:  Dutch
languages spoken, written or signed:  Dutch
educated at:  Barlaeus Gymnasium
occupation:  writercivil servant

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). He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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