Hendrik Conscience

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Hendrik Conscience, oil painting on wood by Henri de Pondt; in the Stedelijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belg.

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Born	December 3, 1812 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	September 10, 1883 (aged 70) • Ixelles • Belgium
Notable Works	“De kerels van Vlaanderen” • “Het goudland” • “In’t wonderjaar” • “The Lion of Flanders”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

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Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection

Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott

Scottish writer

Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.

Alessandro Manzoni

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Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Alexandre Dumas.

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

Viktor Rydberg

Swedish author

Bernhard Severin Ingemann, detail of a pencil-and-watercolour drawing by H. Olrik, 1860; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

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Jean Ray

Belgian author

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Hugo Claus

Belgian writer, director, and painter

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

Willem Elsschot

Belgian writer

Timmermans, Felix

Felix Timmermans

Belgian novelist

Ernest Claes

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André van Hasselt

Belgian poet