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Frans Verschoren (5 March 1874 – 5 December 1951) was a Flemish writer.

Frans Verschoren
Frans Verschoren
Born	(1874-03-05)5 March 1874 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp, Belgium
Died	5 December 1951(1951-12-05) (aged 77) Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Writer, translator, teacher
Language	Flemish
Nationality	Belgian
Years active	1909–1947

Biography

He was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver in 1874.[1] After his studies at the normal school, he became a teacher in Lier and in Turnhout. In Lier he had Felix Timmermans as a pupil.[2] He then also became director of the Walcourt and later Boom state secondary schools. He was the author in particular of tales for young people.[1] He died in Westmalle, Belgium, in 1951.[3]

Bibliography

• Dompelaars (1909)
• Uit het Nethedal (1909)
• Jeugd (1910)
• Zonnig leven (1912)
• Langs kleine wegen (1912)
• Het gemartelde Lier. De eerste oorlogsjaren in het land van Sint-Gommarus (1919)
• Vlaamsche humor (1922)
• Onnozele kinderdag (1927)
• De dijkgravin (by Marie Gevers, translated from French, 1934)
• Tony Bergmann (1936)
• Verzoening (by Marie Gevers, translated from French, 1942)
• Armantje (by Hermann Claudius, translated from German, 1943)
• Sooike's jeugd (1944)
• Sam in Engeland (by C. Dowman, retold from English, 1946)
• Grijze dagen
• Maandag vieren
• Nonkel Sooi
• Novellen voor de jeugd (together with other authors)
• Van den roover Eyserentant
• Van een jongen die geluk had

References

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