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Cyriel Buysse
Belgian writer
Quick Facts
- Born:
- Sept. 21, 1859, Nevele, near Ghent, Belg.
- Died:
- July 25, 1932, Afsnee (aged 72)
- Founder:
- “Van Nu en Straks”
- Movement / Style:
- naturalism
Cyriel Buysse (born Sept. 21, 1859, Nevele, near Ghent, Belg.—died July 25, 1932, Afsnee) was a Belgian novelist and playwright, one of the outstanding exponents of Flemish naturalism. Although Buysse, like the sons of most wealthy Flemings, received a French education, he early devoted himself to writing primarily in Flemish. In 1893 he cofounded and coedited Van Nu en Straks (1893–1901; “Of Now and Later”), an innovative and influential literary magazine. He resigned as an editor a year later. During this time he began to communicate with several Dutch writers, Louis Couperus among them, and as a result of that ...(100 of 324 words)