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Hendrik Conscience

1812 - 1883

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Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, The Lion of Flanders (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hendrik Conscience is the 1,950th most popular writer (up from 2,240th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 313th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among writers, Hendrik Conscience ranks 1,950 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicanor Parra, Laura Mancinelli, Mikhail Artsybashev, Fredrika Bremer, Ippolita Maria Sforza, and László Krasznahorkai. After him are Anagarika Dharmapala, David Morrell, Almeida Garrett, James Murray, José Zorrilla, and Felice Orsini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Hendrik Conscience ranks 29. Before him are Friedrich von Flotow, Edward Lear, Ilija Garašanin, Zuo Zongtang, Henry Wilson, and Zygmunt Krasiński. After him are Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, Édouard Séguin, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Berthold Auerbach, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, and Hermann von Fehling. Among people deceased in 1883, Hendrik Conscience ranks 26. Before him are Prince Charles of Prussia, Sojourner Truth, Pierre Auguste Cot, Alexander Gorchakov, Peter Cooper, and Friedrich von Flotow. After him are Franz Doppler, Wilhelm Peters, Tự Đức, Édouard René de Laboulaye, Lucien Olivier, and Edward FitzGerald.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hendrik Conscience ranks 272 out of 1,190. Before him are Willy Claes (1938), Jan Fyt (1611), William of St-Thierry (1085), Vincent Kompany (1986), Philippe Herreweghe (1947), and Jean Duvieusart (1900). After him are François Duquesnoy (1597), Adalard of Corbie (751), Diane von Fürstenberg (1946), John II, Duke of Brabant (1275), Frans Floris (1519), and Lucien Van Impe (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Hendrik Conscience ranks 16. Before him are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Victor Serge (1890), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856). After him are Guido Gezelle (1830), William of Moerbeke (1215), Jean Bolland (1596), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Amélie Nothomb (1967), and Heinrich von Veldeke (1150).

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