Prudens van Duyse
Prudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse (Dendermonde, 17 September 1804 – Ghent, 13 November 1859) was a Flemish writer. He started his career a clerk of a notary, but afterwards studied law at the University of Ghent, where he graduated in 1832. In 1836, he became the archivist of the city of Ghent.
Also recorded as Prudentius Joannes Maria Van Duyse · Prudentius van Duyse
Prudens van Duyse
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- Born
- 1804 · Dendermonde.
- Died
- 1859 · Ghent.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- poet · archivist · writer · jurist · scholar
- Education
- Ghent University
- Languages
- Dutch
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He was a co-founder of the organization De tael is gansch het volk (E: language is the entire people) and was one of the pioneers of the Flemish movement. At the beginning of his literary career, he wrote so-called national poetry, but his actual debut was with the poem Lofdicht op de Nederlandsche taal, which he wrote in 1829. He published his best poems in Het klaverblad (1848) and in Nazomer (1859). • Illustration — Prudens van Duyse
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Prudens van Duyse appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer, jurist and scholar (17 September 1804 – 13 November 1859). The birth of Prudens van Duyse is recorded on 17 September 1804, and the death on 13 November 1859.
Prudens van Duyse studied at Ghent University. The recorded working language is Dutch.
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Prudens van Duyse was born in Dendermonde, Belgium, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Prudens van Duyse died in Ghent, Belgium, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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1804
Prudens van Duyse born at Dendermonde.
1859
Prudens van Duyse died at Ghent.
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