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- Birth nameRobert Hans van Gulik
- In addition to writing 17 novels and a collection of short stories based on the career of the real-life 7th Century Chinese magistrate/detective Dee Jen-djieh, Robert van Gulik was a scholar and diplomat. He had many publications in scholarly journals, and held a number of positions in the Netherlands Foreign Service, serving in various countries in Asia and the Middle East. He had a distinguished diplomatic career, rising to ambassadorial rank, and at the time of his death was the Netherlands Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Korea.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Don Marion
- SpouseFrances Shui Shi-fang(1943 - September 24, 1967) (his death, 4 children)
- Earned a Ph.D. in Oriental Languages from the University of Utrecht in 1935.
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