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- Birth nameGerard Kornelis van het Reve
- Gerard Reve was born on December 14, 1923 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for The 4th Man (1983), Dear Boys (1980) and Evenings (1989). He was married to Joop Schafthuizen and Michaelis, Hanny. He died on April 8, 2006 in Zulte, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
- SpousesJoop Schafthuizen(1975 - April 8, 2006) (his death)Michaelis, Hanny(1948 - 1959) (divorced)
- Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature.
- His 1981 novel De vierde man (The Fourth Man) was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1983 film.
- Another main theme, often in combination with eroticism, for him was religion. Reve himself declared that the primary message in all of his work was salvation from the material world we live in.
- Reve was one of the first homosexual authors to come out in the Netherlands. He often wrote explicitly about erotic attraction, sexual relations and intercourse between men, which many readers considered shocking. However, he did this in an ironic, humorous and recognizable way, which contributed to making homosexuality acceptable for many of his readers.
- Son of Gerard J.M. van het Reve and Janetta Jacoba Doornbusch
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