Willem Frederik Hermans

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contribution to Dutch literature
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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 23, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 27, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 28, 2023
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	May 03, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998