Robert Hans van Gulik was born in Zutphen, Netherlands. He was a Dutch diplomat and authority on Chinese history and culture. In the 1950s, he created 'Judge Dee', a character based on a real T'ang dynasty magistrate.
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Robert Hans van Gulik was born in Zutphen, Netherlands. He was a Dutch diplomat and authority on Chinese history and culture. In the 1950s, he created 'Judge Dee', a character based on a real T'ang dynasty magistrate. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Judge Dee' Novels | |
| 1) Dee Goong An (Also published as: Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee [1976]) (novelets) | 1949 |
| 2) New Year's Eve in Lan-Fang | 1958 |
| 3) The Chinese Bell Murders (novelets) | 1958 |
| 4) The Chinese Gold Murders (novelets) | 1959 |
| 5) The Chinese Lake Murders (novelets) | 1960 |
| 6) The Red Pavilion (novelets) | 1961 |
| 7) The Chinese Nail Murders (novelets) | 1961 |
| 8) The Haunted Monastery (novelets) | 1961 |
| 9) The Lacquer Screen (novelets) | 1962 |
| 10) The Chinese Maze Murders (novelets) | 1962 |
| 11) The Emperor's Pearl (novelets) | 1963 |
| 12) The Monkey and the Tiger (novelets) | 1965 |
| 13) The Willow Pattern (novelets) | 1965 |
| 14) The Phantom of the Temple | 1966 |
| 15) Murder in Canton (novelets) | 1966 |
| 16) Judge Dee at Work (short stories) | 1967 |
| 17) Necklace and Calabash | 1967 |
| 18) Poets and Murder (Also published as: The Fox-Magic Murders [1973]) | 1968 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Given Day | 1964 |
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