Aagje Deken: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Agatha Deken
Born	December 10, 1741 • Amstelveen • Netherlands
Died	November 14, 1804 (aged 62) • The Hague • Netherlands • (Anniversary tomorrow)

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Agatha Deken, detail of an engraving by L. Portman after a drawing by A. Teerlink after a painting by P. Groenia

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Betje Wolff

Dutch author

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Harry Mulisch

Dutch author

Gerard Reve

Dutch author

Multatuli

Dutch author

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Jo van Ammers-Küller

Dutch author

Willem Frederik Hermans

Dutch author

Maria Dermoût

Dutch author

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Couperus, engraving by T. Kerstel after a portrait by H.J. Haverman

Louis Marie Anne Couperus

Dutch author

Simon Vestdijk

Dutch writer

Aernout Drost

Dutch author

Schendel, detail of an oil painting by Jan Toorop, 1912

Arthur van Schendel

Dutch writer

Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914

Herman Heijermans

Dutch author

Jan de Hartog

Dutch-American author

Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection

Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Dutch author

Israël Querido

Dutch author

Van Looy, drawing by Jan Pieter Veth, 1896; in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Neth.

Jacobus van Looy

Dutch author and artist

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