Oct 31 2010
Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, author of The Assault (De Aanslag) and The Discovery of Heaven (De ontdekking van de Hemel), has died at the age of 83. Mulisch wrote more than 30 works, several with a World War II theme. He was considered by many a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature The Discovery of Heaven (De ontdekking van de Hemel) was named Best Dutch Book Ever in 2007.
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