Octave Pirmez

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

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5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

9 American Countercultural Books

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Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Periods of American Literature

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

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Born	April 19, 1832 • Belgium
Died	May 1, 1883 (aged 51)

André Baillon

Belgian author

Michel de Ghelderode

Belgian dramatist

Paul Willems

Belgian author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Paul Nougé

Belgian author

Paul de Wispelaere

Belgian-Flemish author and critic

Charles-Joseph, prince de Ligne

Belgian military officer and author

Marcel Thiry

Belgian author

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish author and clergyman

Leslie Marmon Silko

American author

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

British author

Charles Lamb

British author

Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues

French author

Paul de Man

American literary critic

Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian artist

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

Dominique Rolin

Belgian author

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