Louis Couperus
Dutch novelist and poet (1863-1923) · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Died at 60
Louis Marie Anne Couperus was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. Couperus is considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature.
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Couperus as a child
Louis Couperus after a drawing made by Bas Veth in 1892
Louis Couperus in 1897, portrait by H. J. Haverman.
Louis Couperus and Elisabeth Couperus-Baud aboard Prins der Nederlanden in 1921
Statue of Couperus by Kees Verkade in The Hague
Cover of Eline Vere designed by Ludwig Willem Reymert Wenckebach
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In 1923, he was awarded the Tollensprijs.
