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Willem Elsschot

1882 - 1960

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Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot (pronounced [ˈʋɪləm ˈɛlsxɔt]). One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1933) is the most translated Flemish-language novel of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willem Elsschot is the 4,529th most popular writer (up from 4,590th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Willem Elsschot ranks 4,529 out of 7,302. Before him are Adam Asnyk, Ō no Yasumaro, John Piper, Tatyana Tolstaya, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and Almudena Grandes. After him are Mike Resnick, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, Attilâ İlhan, Anne Bradstreet, and José María Heredia y Heredia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Willem Elsschot ranks 200. Before him are José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Carlo Galetti, Walter Braunfels, Maurice Peeters, Leonard Meredith, and Frederick Moloney. After him are Géza Kiss, Paul Bekker, Alfred Keller, Purushottam Das Tandon, Elin Wägner, and Giovanni Amendola. Among people deceased in 1960, Willem Elsschot ranks 164. Before him are Semyon Bogdanov, Ian Keith, Arthur Meighen, Pedro Arispe, Henri De Deken, and Bodil Katharine Biørn. After him are Roelof Klein, György Piller, Léon Sée, José Serrato, Hasan Saka, and Agustín Sancho.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Willem Elsschot ranks 623 out of 1,190. Before him are Sœur Emmanuelle (1908), Virginie Efira (1977), Henri De Deken (1907), Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (1805), Jean Dockx (1941), and Joseph De Combe (1901). After him are Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Leman (1851), Hadja Lahbib (1970), Willy Vandersteen (1913), Prosper Poullet (1868), and Julien Cools (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Willem Elsschot ranks 35. Before him are Camille Lemonnier (1844), Félicien Marceau (1913), Georges Eekhoud (1854), FM-2030 (1930), Stijn Streuvels (1871), and Louis Paul Boon (1912). After him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), François Weyergans (1941), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Simon Leys (1935), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930).

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