E. du Perron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

E. du Perron

Dutch writer

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1899

Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia

Date of Death: 14-May-1940

Profession: writer, poet, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Charles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E.
du Perron, was a famous and influential Dutch poet and author of Indo-European descent.
Best known for his literary acclaimed masterpiece Land van herkomst (Land of origin) of 1935.
Together with Menno ter Braak and Maurice Roelants he founded the short-lived, but influential literary magazine Forum in 1932. E.
du Perron, born in Meester Cornelis, Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies on 2 November 1899, and died in Bergen, North Holland, the Netherlands on 14 May 1940, descended from French aristocracy.
Most probably his bloodline can be traced back to the legendary Jean Roch du Perron (Born in Bulhon, in Auvergne, France in 1756 – Died in Batavia, Dutch East Indies in 1808).