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- Birth nameAlphonsus Josephus de Ridder
- Willem Elsschot was born on May 7, 1882 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer, known for Ieder van ons (1971), Het dwaallicht (1973) and Villa des roses (2002). He was married to Joséphine Scheurwegen. He died on May 31, 1960 in Antwerp, Belgium.
- SpouseJoséphine Scheurwegen(1908 - May 31, 1960) (his death, 6 children)
- Elsschot's Wife, Joséphine Scheurwegen, died in her sleep, one day after her husband.
- He was quite restless, having various types of jobs in cities from Antwerp and Brussels to Rotterdam and Paris.
- De Ridder died in Antwerp in 1960, receiving a national literary award posthumously. He was interred in the Antwerpen Schoonselhof.
- Central themes in his work are business and family life. His style is characterized by detailed descriptions of surroundings and a mild cynicism.
- During the First World War, he served as the secretary of a national food relief committee in Antwerp. After the war he started his own advertising agency, which he ran until his death.
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