Editing Multatuli (section)

{{Short description|Dutch writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Multatuli
| image              = Portret van de schrijver Multatuli (cropped).jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Eduard Douwes Dekker, also known as Multatuli in 1864
| birth_name         = Eduard Douwes Dekker
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1820|3|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Amsterdam]], [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1887|2|19|1820|3|2|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Ingelheim am Rhein|Nieder Ingelheim]], [[Rhine Province|Rhine]], [[German Empire]]
| occupation         = Writer
}}
'''Eduard Douwes Dekker''' (2 March 1820{{snd}}19 February 1887), better known by his pen name '''Multatuli''' (from [[Latin]] ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel ''[[Max Havelaar]]'' (1860), which denounced the abuses of [[colonialism]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (today's [[Indonesia]]). He is considered one of the Netherlands' greatest authors.<ref name=Britannica/>