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Born March 15, 1810 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died November 5, 1834 (aged 24) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “De pestilentie te Katwijk” • “Hermingard van de Eikenterpen”
Movement / Style Romanticism
Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection
Jacob van Lennep
Dutch writer
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Israël Querido
Dutch author
Hendrik Conscience, oil painting on wood by Henri de Pondt; in the Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belg.
Hendrik Conscience
Belgian novelist
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
Italian author
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Alexandre Herculano
Portuguese historian
Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, père
French author [1802–1870]
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Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Bernhard Severin Ingemann, detail of a pencil-and-watercolour drawing by H. Olrik, 1860; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.
Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Danish author
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Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
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Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer and critic
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Lodewijk van Deyssel
Dutch author
Beets, engraving by D.J. Sluyter
Nicolaas Beets
Dutch pastor and writer
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James Blish
American author and critic
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Cyriel Buysse
Belgian writer
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Stijn Streuvels
Flemish writer
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John P. Kennedy
American author and statesman