Jan Frans Willems: Quick Facts

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Franz Hellens

Belgian writer

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Samuel Putnam

American editor and author

A.-H. Anquetil-Duperron

French scholar and linguist

James Darmesteter

French orientalist

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Nicholas Oresme

French bishop, scholar, and economist

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author