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Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve [ˈɣeːrɑrt ˈreːvə] in 1973. [1]
Gerard Reve (born Dec. 14, 1923, Amsterdam, Neth.—died April 8, 2006, Zulte, Belg.) was a Dutch writer noted for his virtuoso style and sardonic humour. His subject matter was occasionally controversial, treating such topics as homosexuality and sadism.
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Gerard Reve (Amsterdam, 14 december 1923 – Zulte, Oost-Vlaanderen, 8 april 2006), geboren als Gerard Kornelis van het Reve, was een Nederlands schrijver en dichter. Zijn bekendste werken zijn De avonden (roman, 1947), Werther Nieland (novelle, 1949), Op weg naar het einde (epistolair proza, 1963) en Nader tot U (proza, 1966).
Jan 30, 2017 · When it was published in 1947, Gerard Reve’s <em>The Evenings </em>was considered shocking for its portrayal of youth in a postwar Netherlands. Now beloved in its home country, the novel is...
Apr 12, 2006 · THE HAGUE, April 11 - Gerard Reve, considered one of the Dutch postwar literary greats, has died, his partner announced on Sunday. He was 82. Mr. Reve, whose full name was Gerard...
Jan 22, 2017 · The novel being praised, Gerard Reve’s “The Evenings,” was originally published in 1947. But English-language readers are only now getting a chance to judge this Dutch classic for themselves.
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Gerard Reve's The Evenings was first published in the author's native Netherlands in 1947. Now, almost 70 years later, it appears in English, although not as a lost-and-found masterpiece but a woefully late arrival.
