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den Uyl, a Dutch surname (in modern Dutch spelling rendered den Uijl), may refer to:

Jacob (Bob) den Uyl was a Dutch writer of mostly short stories. His writing style is mostly ironic and observant. The most prominent theme in his work is the purposelessness and absurdity of existence. His earlier work consists mostly of absurd stories. In his later work, the focus of his writing shifted to more autobiographic stories, mostly concerned with travels in neighbouring countries of The Netherlands. Recurring elements in his work are:

Jan den Uyl painter from the Northern Netherlands

Jan Jansz. den Uyl was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age. He very much specialized in the form of still life known as the breakfast piece, or, in the elaborate style of painters like den Uyl, banquet pieces (banketjestukken). He also painted landscapes and animal paintings.

Joop den Uyl Dutch politician

Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 11 May 1973 until 19 December 1977.


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