Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)

Eduard Douwes Dekker was born in Amsterdam on 2 March 1820, the son of a merchant navy captain. At eighteen, he left with his father for the Dutch East Indies, became a colonial civil servant and served in many posts; in 1846 he married Everdine van Wijnbergen. Appointed to Java in 1856, he accused the local regent of extortion; disowned by his superiors, he resigned and returned to Europe, pursued by his creditors. He signed Multatuli, “I have suffered much”. Remarried, he ended his life in Germany and died at Nieder-Ingelheim on 19 February 1887; his body was cremated at Gotha.

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• NovelMax HavelaarMultatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) · 1860LiteraturePublic domain