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Dutch writer (1927–2010)

Also known as: Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch, Харри Мюлис, هاري موليسش, 하리 뮐리스, ハリー・ムリシュ, 哈里·穆里施

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Fellow giant of postwar Dutch literature, with stylized prose and metaphysical, religious undertones. (AI reason)
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Cees Nooteboom1933–2026
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Thomas Mann1875–1955
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Grand philosophical novels on myth, art and the German catastrophe, a key model for Mulisch's Doctor Faustus-like themes. (AI reason)
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Contemporary Dutch fiction with dark irony probing guilt, morality and identity. (AI reason)
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Hella Haasse1918–2011
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Dutch literary novels steeped in history and questions of truth and perspective. (AI reason)
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Bernhard Schlink1944–
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Compact novels examining the moral aftermath of wartime crimes across generations, akin to The Assault. (AI reason)
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Tightly plotted literary fiction where a single event reverberates through a life, mixing ideas and suspense. (AI reason)
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