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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.
- Dutch
- Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder, 7 May 1882, Antwerp, Belgium
- Poet, writer
- Constantijn Huygens Prize (1951)
Willem Elsschot was a Flemish novelist and poet, the author of a small but remarkable oeuvre, whose laconic style and ironic observation of middle-class urban life mark him as one of the outstanding Flemish novelists of the first half of the 20th century. Elsschot’s first work, Villa des roses.
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Willem Elsschot (pseudoniem van Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder) (Antwerpen, 7 mei 1882 – aldaar, 31 mei 1960) was een Belgische roman schrijver en dichter. Hij schreef poëzie en 750 pagina's proza, met als bekendste titels Lijmen/Het been (roman, 1923 en 1938) en Kaas (roman, 1933).
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Willem Elsschot is het pseudoniem van Alfonsus Josephus de Ridder, een Vlaamse dichter en schrijver. Willem Elsschot in de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia Willem Elsschot in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren Willem Elsschot bij "Schrijversgewijs" Willem Elsschot is the pseudonym of Alfonsus Josephus de Ridder, a Flemish poet and ...
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Cheese (Dutch: Kaas) is a novella from 1933 written by Willem Elsschot. It is a classic in the Flemish literature, and the most translated Flemish novel of all time (at least 30 translations).
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- Belgium
Mar 14, 2017 · Deadpan humour abounds in this absurdist tale of a useless, cheese-hating clerk who tries to become ... a cheese merchant. Nicholas Lezard. Tue 14 Mar 2017 05.30 EDT. Last modified on Thu 22 Feb ...
The books of novelist and poet Willem Elsschot (1882-1960) have become classics of Dutch literature. His masterpiece Cheese established him as a sophisticated stylist, and unique in Flemish realism. For the majority of his life, Elsschot was primarily an advertising man.
