Prudens van Duyse
Flemish writer
Born on: September 17, 1804Died on: November 13, 1859
Aged: 55 years 57 days (661 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Belgium
Birth Sign: Virgo
Prudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse 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. He was a co-founder of the organization De tael is gansch het volk 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).
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