Rudo Hartman

Internationalized literature stamps by Multatuli and writing Between Two Cultures

Written in: Dutch • redactie • May 31, 2020

Following the Belle van Zuylen stamp [on May 17] and the Vestdijk stamp [on May 24], I would like to draw your attention in this article to Multatuli (pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker) and five 'non-Dutch-born writers' on literary stamps. On the first two stamps, we donate...

Novel character Max Havelaar 'born' 150 years ago

Written in: Dutch • redactie • March 7 2010

Belgium Netherlands post

For me, it was a remarkable discovery that Belgium is issuing a stamp featuring an image of the Dutch writer Multatuli, the pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker, who wrote his famous book Max Havelaar 150 years ago. By digging into...

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