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Multatuli
Multatuli was the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker, a Dutch writer who served as a colonial official in the Dutch East Indies. After resigning as assistant resident of Lebak on Java in 1856, he wrote the novel Max Havelaar (1860), denouncing colonial abuses. He is regarded as one of the greatest Dutch writers of the 19th century.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Multatuli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/multatuli
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