Robert van Gulik

Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910–1967).

Born August 9th, 1910 in Zutphen.

Died September 24th, 1967 at 57 years old in The Hague (lung cancer).

Occupations
diplomat, illustrator, linguist, musician, novelist, orientalist, prose writer, translator, writer
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