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Georges Eekhoud

1854 - 1927

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Georges Eekhoud (27 May 1854 – 29 May 1927) was a Belgian novelist of Flemish descent, but writing in French. Eekhoud was a regionalist best known for his ability to represent scenes from rural and urban daily life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Eekhoud has received more than 26,304 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georges Eekhoud is the 4,285th most popular writer (down from 3,992nd in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 498th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georges Eekhoud ranks 4,285 out of 5,755Before him are James Lee Burke, François Tristan l'Hermite, Walter Kempowski, Anne Carson, Yōko Ogawa, and Mato Kósyk. After him are Pierre Michon, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susanna Tamaro, Pashko Vasa, Dicuil, and Adela Zamudio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Georges Eekhoud ranks 85Before him are Johan Turi, Joan Alcover, Nikolai Ruzsky, Alexandru Marghiloman, David Dunbar Buick, and Hermann von Stein. After him are Niels Neergaard, Adela Zamudio, Germán Riesco, Napoleon Cybulski, Gerhard Louis De Geer, and Robert Borden. Among people deceased in 1927, Georges Eekhoud ranks 99Before him are Constance Markievicz, Marie Spartali Stillman, Maximilian Harden, Friedrich Reinitzer, Ernest Starling, and Hermann von Stein. After him are Wang Guowei, Émile Coste, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Vincenzo Cerulli, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, and Virgilio Mantegazza.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Georges Eekhoud ranks 534 out of 1,019Before him are Georges Heylens (1941), Jules Malou (1810), Léopold Anoul (1922), Félicien Marceau (1913), Léon Semmeling (1940), and Jean de Bie (1892). After him are Jean Bourgain (1954), Lorenzo Staelens (1964), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), Edmond Leburton (1915), Louis Versyp (1908), and Suzanne Lilar (1901).

Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Georges Eekhoud ranks 31Before him are Daniël Heinsius (1580), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Simon Leys (1935), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Camille Lemonnier (1844), and Félicien Marceau (1913). After him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Willem Elsschot (1882), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan van Beers (1821), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930).