Eduard Douwes Dekker (Amsterdam, 2 March 1820 - 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli, was a Dutch writer famous for his satirical novel, "Max Havelaar" (1860) in which he denounced the abuses of colonialism in the colony of the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia). Wikipedia
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