It was received practically as a new book in France and in Belgium
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Charles De Coster
Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature.
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culture · Belgian novelist · writer · journalist · poet · also Charles De Coster, Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster, Charles Théodore Henri De Coster, Coster
Born 20 August 1827 · Died 7 May 1879 · Q315176
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1879· 1 entry
Died 1879-05-07.
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1876· 1 entry
De Coster introduced Xavier Mellery to the island of Marken, asking him to deliver drawings for the Tour du Monde magazine
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1870· 1 entry
De Coster became professor of general history and of French literature at the Belgian Royal Military Academy
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1861· 1 entry
Published his Contes brabançons, in modern French
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1854· 1 entry
And his first efforts in prose were contributed to a periodical entitled Uylenspiegel (founded 1856)
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1850· 1 entry
Entered the Free University of Brussels, where he completed his studies in 1855
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1827· 1 entry
Born 1827-08-20.
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