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Harry Mulisch (2010)
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch
(July 29, 1927 ? October 30, 2010) was a
writer
from the
Netherlands
. He wrote more than 30 works. His
books
were
translated
into more than 20
languages
. His most famous book is
The Discovery of Heaven
.
Mulisch was born in
Haarlem
and lived in
Amsterdam
from 1958 until the end of his life.
- Archibald Strohalm
(1952; novel)
- Tussen hamer en aambeeld
("Between hammer and anvil", 1952; novella)
- Chantage op het leven
("Blackmail on life", 1953; short story)
- De Diamant
("The Diamond", 1954; novel)
- De Sprong der Paarden en de Zoete Zee
("The Jump of Horses and the Sweet Sea", 1955; novel)
- Het mirakel
("The miracle", 1955; short stories)
- Het Zwarte licht
("The Black Light", 1957; novel)
- Manifesten
("Manifestos", 1958; essays)
- Het Stenen Bruidsbed
("The Stone Bridal Bed", 1959; novel)
- Tanchelijn
(1960; play)
- De knop
("The button", 1961; play)
- Voer voor Psychologen
("Food for psychologists", 1961; autobiography)
- Wenken voor de bescherming van uw gezin en uzelf, tijdens de Jongste Dag
("Tips for the Protection of Your Family and Yourself During the Last Judgment"), 1961; essays)
- De Zaak 40/61
("Criminal Case 40/61", 1963; report on the
Eichmann
trial)
- Bericht aan de Rattenkoning
("Message to the Rat King", 1966; essay on the
Provos
revolts in Amsterdam in the 1960s)
- Wenken voor de Jongste Dag
("Tips for the Last Judgment", 1967; essays)
- Het woord bij de daad
("The word added to the deed", 1968; essays)
- Reconstructie
("Reconstruction", 1969; essays)
- Paralipomena Orphica
("Paralipomena Orphica", 1970; essays)
- De Verteller
("The Narrator", 1970; novel)
- De Verteller verteld: Kommentaar, Katalogus, Kuriosa en een Katastrofestuk
("The Narrator being narrated: Comments, Catalogue, Curiosities and a Piece of Catastrophe, 1971; essay on
The Narrator
)
- De toekomst van gisteren
("Yesterday's future", 1972; essay on a book the author cannot write)
- Oidipous Oidipous
(1972; play)
- Woorden, woorden, woorden
("Words, words, words", 1973; poetry)
- De vogels
("The Birds", 1974; poetry)
- Mijn Getijdenboek
("My book of hours") (1975; autobiography)
- Tegenlicht
(1975; poetry)
- Kind en Kraai
(1975; poetry)
- Twee Vrouwen
("Two Women", 1975; novel) (filmed as
Twice a woman
)
- Oude Lucht
(1977; stories)
- Opus Gran
(1982; poetry)
- De Aanslag
(
The Assault
, 1982; novel); see above.
- De Kamer
(1984; stories)
- Hoogste Tijd
("Last Call", 1985; novel)
- De Pupil
("The Pupil", 1987; novel)
- De Elementen
("The Elements", 1988; novel)
- De Ontdekking van de Hemel
(
The Discovery of Heaven
, 1992; novel); see above
- De Procedure
("The Procedure", 1999; novel)
- Het Theater, de brief en de waarheid
("The Theatre, the Letter and the Truth", 2000; novel)"
Boekenweekgeschenk
"
- Siegfried
(2001; novel)
