Gerard Reve

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-12-14

Deathday 2006-04-08 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Amsterdam

Also Known As Gerard van het Reve, Gerard Kornelis van het Reve, Simon van het Reve

Gerard Reve

Biography

Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (1923 – 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon van het Reve and later adopted the shorter Gerard Reve. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" (De Grote Drie) of Dutch post-war literature. Reve was one of the first homosexual authors to come out in the Netherlands. The humorous and recognisable way he wrote about erotic attraction and sexual relations strongly contributed to making homosexuality acceptable for many of his readers, and one could argue he influenced general opinion on the subject in Dutch society. Reve insisted that homosexuality was merely a motif in his work, the deeper theme being the inadequacy of human love. Among his most famous works are De Avonden (The Evenings, 1947), Werther Nieland (1949), Nader tot U (Nearer to Thee, 1966), Oud en Eenzaam (Old and Lonely, 1978) and De Vierde Man (The Fourth Man, 1981). The latter was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's film of the same name.

Known For

Writer

1989
Evenings

as Novel

1983
The 4th Man

as Novel

1980
Dear Boys

as Novel

Actor