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Herman Teirlinck

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Belgian writer (1879-1967)

WritersLived 1879 to 1967 · aged 87
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Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels. As a child, he had frail health and spent much of his time at the countryside in Zegelsem, with his paternal grandparents.

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1959Honorary doctors of Ghent University
1956Dutch Literature Prize
1954Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
1947honorary doctor of the University of Amsterdam
1938honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau

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Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels. As a child, he had frail health and spent much of his time at the countryside in Zegelsem, with his paternal grandparents. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.

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Lived 1879 to 1967 · aged 87
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