Aagje Deken

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Also Known As	Agatha Deken
Born	December 10, 1741 • Amstelveen • Netherlands
Died	November 14, 1804 (aged 62) • The Hague • Netherlands

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Aernout Drost

Dutch author

Betje Wolff

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Harry Mulisch

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Gerard Reve

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Cees Nooteboom

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Multatuli

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Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Jo van Ammers-Küller

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Willem Frederik Hermans

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Maria Dermoût

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Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Couperus, engraving by T. Kerstel after a portrait by H.J. Haverman

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Simon Vestdijk

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Schendel, detail of an oil painting by Jan Toorop, 1912

Arthur van Schendel

Dutch writer

Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914

Herman Heijermans

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Jan de Hartog

Dutch-American author

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Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Lodewijk van Deyssel

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Israël Querido

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Van Looy, drawing by Jan Pieter Veth, 1896; in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Neth.

Jacobus van Looy

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