biography
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Elsschot, Willem
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pseudonym of Alfons de Ridder
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pronunciation:
[elskhot]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1960)
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| biography:
| Flemish writer and poet, born in Antwerp, N Belgium. Running an advertising company in Antwerp, he had an unsuccessful debut with Villa des roses (1913), but his breakthrough came in the 1930's, when Jan Greshoff and the editors of the magazine Forum discovered his work. Elsschot's novels are set in the business world, and contain autobiographical elements. Among his prizes is the Constantijn Huygensprijs in 1951. |
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