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Karel van het Reve ( May 19, 1921 - March 4, 1999) was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on Russian literature.

He was born in Amsterdam.

Raised as a communist, he lost his 'faith' in his twenties and became an active critic and opponent of the 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 novels and several collections of essays.

His brother, Gerard ReveGerard Reve ( December 14, 1923) is a Dutch writer. Publishing first under the name Simon van het Reve and Gerard Kornelis van het Reve he became known as Gerard Reve. Gerard Reve is the brother of Karel van het Reve. Bibliography (selection) De avonden T, is one of the great post-war prose writers.

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