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Jan Frans Willems

1793 - 1846

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Jan Frans Willems (11 March 1793 – 24 June 1846) was a Flemish writer, and the father of the Flemish movement. Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout while it was under French occupation. He started his career in the office of a notary in Antwerp. He devoted his leisure to literature, and in 1810 he gained a prize for poetry with an ode in celebration of the peace of Tilsit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Frans Willems is the 4,811th most popular writer (up from 5,265th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 676th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Frans Willems ranks 4,811 out of 7,302. Before him are Rube Goldberg, David E. Kelley, Ricardo Palma, Klabund, Muriel Barbery, and Anna Enquist. After him are Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Hilde Domin, Marie Hankel, Gáspár Heltai, William of Poitiers, and Arkady Fiedler.

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Among people born in 1793, Jan Frans Willems ranks 47. Before him are Felix de Muelenaere, Diego Portales, Robert Edmond Grant, Stephen F. Austin, Kazim Rashti, and William Hopkins. After him are Antoni Malczewski, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Manuel Menéndez, José Ignacio de Márquez, John Clare, and Henry Charles Carey. Among people deceased in 1846, Jan Frans Willems ranks 28. Before him are Alexander Chavchavadze, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Bagyidaw, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, and W. J. Coffee. After him are Jane Irwin Harrison, Dwarkanath Tagore, Thomas Clarkson, and José María Calatrava y Peinado.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jan Frans Willems ranks 645 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), Willy Planckaert (1944), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), François Weyergans (1941), and René Desaeyere (1947). After him are Jules De Bisschop (1879), Victor Mees (1927), Joël Robert (1943), Jules de Trooz (1857), Edgard Colle (1897), and Aimé Haegeman (1861).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jan Frans Willems ranks 39. Before him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), and François Weyergans (1941). After him are Simon Leys (1935), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), Jan van Beers (1821), Maurice Carême (1899), and Jacob van Maerlant (1235).

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