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Willem Elsschot

Willem Elsschot
Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)

Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot. One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1933) is the most translated Flemish-language novel of all time.

7 May 1882

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