Robert van gulik biography of michael
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Robert van gulik biography of michael
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910–1967)
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| Born | 9 August 1910 (1910-08-09) Zutphen, Netherlands |
| Died | 24 September 1967(1967-09-24) (aged 57) The Hague, Netherlands |
| Spouse | Shui Shifang |
| Children | Willem, Pieter, Pauline, Thomas |
Robert Hans van Gulik (Chinese: 髙羅佩; pinyin: Gāo Luópèi, 9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Deehistorical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.
Life
Robert van Gulik was born in Zutphen, the son of a medical officer in the Dutch army of what was then called the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia). He was born in the Netherlands, but from the age of three till twelve he lived in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta), where he was tutored