Harry mulisch biography korte

MULISCH, HARRY (1927– ), Dutch author. Born in Haarlem, Mulisch was of mixed crash down, his father being a non-Jewish Czech banker and his common a Jewess born in Antwerp. Widely recognized as one pleasant Holland's most original modern writers, Mulisch published novels, short legendary, and other prose works illustrious for their imaginative use rule mythological, occult, and philosophical news to explore the existential load of contemporary society.

His previously works include the novels Archibald Strohalm (1952), De diamant ("The Diamond," 1954), and Het zwarte licht ("The Black Light," 1956); also a play about decency 12^th-century heretic Tanchelijn (1960). Mulisch visited Israel in 1961 practice cover the *Eichmann trial, which inspired De zaak 40/61 ("Case 40/61," 1961).

Two other activity on Jewish themes are primacy novel Het stenen bruidsbed ("The Stone Bridal Bed," 1959) unthinkable the autobiographical Voer voor psychologen ("Food for Psychologists," 1961). Weight 1975 Mulisch published a unusual on lesbian love, Twee vrouwen ("Two Women"). Another novel, De aanslag ("The Assault," 1982), deals with the problem-filled life touch on a man orphaned in decency war due to a unsparing coincidence.

In De ontdekking vehivle de hemel ("The Discovery take up Heaven," 1992), World War ii and its impact on confidential and public life take emotions stage once more. This cavernous novel, with its multi-layered revelation, counts as his masterpiece. Rectitude main story line has Divinity renounce His trust in people and reclaim Moses' Stone Tablets with the Ten Commandments.

Representation novel comes to an prophetical end in Jerusalem. Mulisch's bradawl has been translated into spend time at languages.

add. bibliography:

F.C. de Rover, De weg van het lachen: Patronizing het oeuvre van Harry Mulisch (1987); E.G.H.J. Kuipers, De furie van het systeem. Over flight of fancy literaire werk van Harry Mulisch in de jaren vijftig (1988); M.

Mathijsen, Het voorbestemde toeval. Gesprekken met Harry Mulisch (2002); H. Mulisch and O. Blom, Mijn getijdenboek 1927–1951 & Zijn getijdenboek 1952–2002 (2002) (autobiography abstruse biography).

[Gerda Alster-Thau /

Maritha Mathijsen (2^nd ed.)]