Frans Verschoren Explained
| Frans Verschoren |
| Occupation: | Writer, translator, teacher |
| Birth Date: | 1874 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Death Place: | Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Language: | Flemish |
| Years Active: | 1909–1947 |
Frans Verschoren (5 March 1874 – 5 December 1951) was a Flemish writer.
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
Notes and References
- Book: Pissens . Désiré . Vlaamsche weelde - een keus van zestig koppen uit onze letterkunde . 1925 . Drukkerij Erasmus . 15 January 2022 . nl.
- Book: Vercammen . Louis . Felix Timmermans - de mens - het werk . 1971 . Heideland-Orbis . 32 . 15 January 2022.
- Book: Spiegel der Letteren - Volumes 28-29 . 1986 . De Sikkel . 259 . 15 January 2022.
