WRITER

Karel van de Woestijne

1878 - 1929

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Carolus Petrus Eduardus Maria "Karel" van de Woestijne (Dutch: [ˈkaːrəl vɑn də ʋuˈstɛinə]; Ghent, 10 March 1878 – Zwijnaarde, 24 August 1929) was a Flemish writer and brother of the painter Gustave van de Woestijne. He went to highschool at the Koninklijk Athenaeum (E:Royal Athenaeum) at the Ottogracht in Ghent. He also studied Germanic philology at the University of Ghent, where he came into contact with French symbolism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel van de Woestijne has received more than 18,268 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Karel van de Woestijne is the 5,712th most popular writer (down from 5,088th in 2019), the 738th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 625th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karel van de Woestijne ranks 5,712 out of 7,302. Before him are Manuel Rivas, Peider Lansel, Peter Morgan, Georgi Gospodinov, Sarmad Kashani, and Dragutin Tadijanović. After him are Joe Orton, Ralf König, Anna Kavan, Kim Iryeop, Frederick Rolfe, and Christoph Ransmayr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Karel van de Woestijne ranks 214. Before him are Wollmar Boström, William C. deMille, John Rimmer, Edwin Mills, Paul Weinstein, and Spyridon Belokas. After him are Augustus John, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, John Masefield, Harold Hackett, Flora Drummond, and Albert Corey. Among people deceased in 1929, Karel van de Woestijne ranks 129. Before him are Robert Ridgway, Walther Katzenstein, Antoni Lange, Ödön Tersztyánszky, Otokar Březina, and Sigurd Jørgensen. After him are Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Daniel Barringer, Juan Antonio Escurra, José Vicente Concha, Queenie Newall, and Robert Reid.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Karel van de Woestijne ranks 738 out of 1,190. Before him are Marcel Van Crombrugge (1880), Tom Boonen (1980), André Saeys (1911), Alexis Chantraine (1901), Ferdinand Feyerick (1865), and Benoît Lamy (1945). After him are August Hellemans (1907), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794), Robert Lamoot (1911), Hans Eworth (1520), Aloys Van de Vyvere (1871), and Émile Mpenza (1978).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Karel van de Woestijne ranks 46. Before him are Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Jan van Beers (1821), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), and Herman Teirlinck (1879). After him are Axel Merckx (1972), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Roger Foulon (1923), Tom Lanoye (1958), and Koenraad Elst (1959).

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