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Gerard Reve (née Gerard Kornelis van het Reve)

Memorial Page for Gerard Reve (née Gerard Kornelis van het Reve)

Dec 14, 1923 – Apr 8, 2006(82 years)Died in:Zulte, East Flanders

Dutch writer

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April 8th, 2026

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Biography

Occupation(6)

poetwriterscreenwritervisual artistnovelistshort story writer

Awards(6)

Multatuli AwardDutch Literature PrizeReina Prinsen Geerligs prizeProse prize of the City of AmsterdamCommander of the Order of the Netherlands LionP.C. Hooft Award

Spouse(1)

Hanny Michaelis

Education(1)

Vossius Gymnasium

Gerard Reve (* December 14, 1923 in Amsterdam; † April 8, 2006 in Zulte) was a dutch writer. He was 82 years old. He was married to Hanny Michaelis. He studied at Vossius Gymnasium. His faith was Catholic Church. He received 6 awards, including Multatuli Award, Dutch Literature Prize. His cause of death was Alzheimer's disease.

Life Events

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Born in Amsterdam, North Holland

1923

Reina Prinsen Geerligs prize

1947

Married Hanny Michaelis

1948

until 1959

Multatuli Award

1963

Prose prize of the City of Amsterdam

1963

P.C. Hooft Award

1968

Dutch Literature Prize

2001

Died in Zulte, East Flanders (Alzheimer's disease)

2006

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  • Hanny Michaelis
  • Gerard van het Reve sr.
  • Janetta Jacoba Doornbusch
  • Karel Reve

Gerard Reve (née Gerard Kornelis van het Reve). Forever remembered.