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Paul van Ostaijen

1896 - 1928

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Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul van Ostaijen is the 4,975th most popular writer (up from 5,001st in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 643rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 4,975 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph Jacobs, Lalleshwari, René Bazin, Villy Sørensen, Märta Tikkanen, and Magdi Allam. After him are Yehoshua Kenaz, Fritz von Unruh, Stanislav Stratiev, Hans Werner Richter, Rosa Mayreder, and Giovanni Berchet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 213. Before him are Ethel Waters, Mordecai Ardon, Agustín Sancho, Brock Chisholm, Giuseppe Enrici, and Enrique Hertzog. After him are Vilho Niittymaa, Nikolai Tikhonov, Alexander Brailowsky, Gunnar Lindström, José Vidal, and Margarete Adler. Among people deceased in 1928, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 96. Before him are Kostas Karyotakis, Andrew Fisher, Pierre Puiseux, Klabund, José Eustasio Rivera, and Martin Kukučín. After him are Georges Passerieu, Jane Ellen Harrison, Theodore Roberts, Stefanos Skouloudis, Leon Benois, and Jean Collas.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 663 out of 1,190. Before him are Ferdinand Adams (1903), Henri Grégoire (1881), Léopold Anoul (1922), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), and Frank Odberg (1879). After him are Jean Thissen (1946), Frank De Bleeckere (1966), Eric van de Poele (1961), Eddy Wally (1932), Tom Boonen (1980), and Alexandre Czerniatynski (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 42. Before him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), François Weyergans (1941), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Simon Leys (1935), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930). After him are Jan van Beers (1821), Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Herman Teirlinck (1879), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), and Axel Merckx (1972).

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