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Also Known As	Alfons De Ridder
Born	May 7, 1882 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	June 1, 1960 (aged 78) • Antwerp • Belgium
Notable Works	“De verlossing” • “Kaas” • “Soft Soap” • “Tsjip” • “Villa des roses”

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Jean Ray

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Charles Plisnier

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Paul van Ostaijen

Flemish writer

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

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Flemish writer

Henry Bauchau

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Conrad Detrez

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Karel van de Woestijne

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Felix Timmermans

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Jan van Nijlen

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Ernest Claes

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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