Editing Karel van het Reve

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'''Karel van het Reve''' (19 May 1921 &ndash; 4 March 1999) was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on [[Russian literature]].<ref name="MPC-van het Reve" />

He was born in [[Amsterdam]] and was raised as a [[Communism|communist]]. He lost his 'faith' in his twenties and became an active critic and opponent of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] regime. With his help, work of dissident [[Andrei Sakharov]] was smuggled to the west, and his [[Alexander Herzen Foundation]] published dissident Soviet literature.

He is considered to be one of the finest Dutch essayists, his interests ranging from the fallacies of [[Marxism]] to [[nude beach]] [[etiquette]]. His works include a history of [[Russian literature]], 2 [[novel]]s and several collections of [[essay]]s. In 1978, Karel van het Reve delivered the [[Huizinga Lecture]], under the title: ''Literatuurwetenschap: het raadsel der onleesbaarheid'' (Literary studies: the enigma of unreadability).

His brother, [[Gerard Reve]], was a prominent prose writer.

The [[main-belt]] asteroid [[12174 van het Reve]], discovered by the [[Palomar–Leiden Survey]] in 1977, was named in his honor.<ref name="MPC-van het Reve" />

==Bibliography==
===Novels===
*{{lang|nl|[[Twee minuten stilte]]}} ("Two minutes' silence", 1959)
*{{lang|nl|Nacht op de kale berg}} ("Night on the bare mountain", 1961)

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<ref name="MPC-van het Reve">{{cite web
  |title      = 12174 van het Reve (3164 T-3)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=12174
  |access-date = 27 February 2017}}</ref>

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