Louis Paul Boon (15 March 1912, Aalst, East Flanders – 10 May 1979, Erembodegem) was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language. He forsook the literary Dutch of the Netherlands for regional Belgian Dutch words and expressions with which he colored his writing.
Read more about Louis Paul Boon: Early Life, Journalist, Nobel Prize, Selected Bibliography
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