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Facts

Born 1225 • Belgium
Died 1291 (aged 66) • Belgium
Notable Works “Der Naturen Bloeme” • “Rijmbijbel” • “Spieghel Historiael”
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Karel van de Woestijne
Flemish author
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Jan van Hout
Dutch scholar
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Edgar Quinet
French historian and poet
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Guido Gezelle
Flemish poet and priest
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Paul van Ostaijen
Flemish writer
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Herman Teirlinck
Flemish author
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Hugo Claus
Belgian writer, director, and painter
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
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Willem Elsschot
Belgian writer
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Jan van Nijlen
Belgian poet
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Albrecht Rodenbach
Flemish writer
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Jan Frans Willems
Flemish poet and philologist
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
Alphonse de Lamartine
French poet, historian, and statesman
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
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Ouyang Xiu
Chinese author and statesman
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg
Scandinavian author
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Marcel Broodthaers
Belgian artist

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