His drama Vorstenschool, had little success on the stage, but his most famous novel brought to light colonial abuses by Dutchmen in Indonesia.  
He served as a colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies, which he used as the basis for most of his writings.  He alienated most of his fellow administrators by speaking out against injustices, which he detailed in 1862's epistolary Minnebrieven.  His drama Vorstenschool, had little success on the stage, but his most famous novel brought to light colonial abuses by Dutchmen in Indonesia.  The author of Max Havelaar, FTP, identify this most famous Dutch writer whose real name was Eduard Douwes Dekker, and who took his pen name from the Latin words meaning "much torture."
He served as a colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies, which he used as the basis for most of his writings.  
Multatuli (accept early Eduard Douwes Dekker)