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Gerard Reve
Writing
14 Dec 1923
† 08 Apr 2006
Amsterdam
Biography
Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (1923 – 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon van het Reve and later adopted the shorter Gerard Reve. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature. Reve was one of the first homosexual authors to come out in the Netherlands. The humorous and recognisable way he wrote about erotic attraction and sexual relations strongly contributed to making homosexuali...
Also Known As
Gerard van het Reve, Gerard Kornelis van het Reve, Simon van het Reve
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