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Georges Eekhoud

1854 - 1927

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Georges Eekhoud (27 May 1854 – 29 May 1927) was a Belgian novelist of Flemish descent, but writing in French. Eekhoud was a regionalist best known for his ability to represent scenes from rural and urban daily life. He tended to portray the dark side of human desire and write about social outcasts and the working classes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Eekhoud is the 4,256th most popular writer (up from 4,308th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 560th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among writers, Georges Eekhoud ranks 4,256 out of 7,302. Before him are Adrienne Clarkson, Josefina Pla, Ildefonso Falcones, Joachim Ringelnatz, Mustai Karim, and Hiratsuka Raichō. After him are Philip Reeve, Abdul Muis, Willibald Alexis, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Andrey Piontkovsky, and Konstantin Batyushkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Georges Eekhoud ranks 91. Before him are José Canalejas, Johan Turi, L. A. Ring, Robert Borden, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, and Charles Angrand. After him are Ivan Horbachevsky, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Théodore Flournoy, Niels Neergaard, Napoleon Cybulski, and Germán Riesco. Among people deceased in 1927, Georges Eekhoud ranks 104. Before him are Harald Hansen, J. B. Bury, Paul César Helleu, Constance Markievicz, Sakina Akhundzadeh, and David Arellano. After him are Friedrich Reinitzer, Charles Warren, Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Klaus Berntsen, János Csernoch, and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Eekhoud ranks 592 out of 1,190. Before him are Michel Pollentier (1951), Levina Teerlinc (1510), Félicien Marceau (1913), Fernand de Montigny (1885), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), and Christian Piot (1947). After him are Francis Goya (1946), Elias M. Stein (1931), Jijé (1914), Koen Lenaerts (1954), Jules Malou (1810), and Daniel Seghers (1590).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Georges Eekhoud ranks 31. Before him are Daniël Heinsius (1580), Felix Timmermans (1886), Jan Gruter (1560), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Camille Lemonnier (1844), and Félicien Marceau (1913). After him are FM-2030 (1930), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), Suzanne Lilar (1901), and Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957).

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