Franz Hellens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Hellens

Belgian writer

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1881

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1972

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Franz Hellens, born Frédéric van Ermengem (8 September 1881, Brussels – 20 January 1972, Brussels) was a prolific Belgian novelist, poet and critic.
Although of Flemish descent, he wrote entirely in French, and lived in Paris from 1947 to 1971.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.He is known as one of the major figures in Belgian magic realism (fantastique quotidien), and as the indefatigable editor of Signaux de France et de Belgique (later Le Disque vert).
The only work translated into English is Mémoires d'Elseneur ("Memoirs from Elsinore", 1954). His father, Émile van Ermengem, was the bacteriologist who discovered the cause of botulism.
His younger brother was the writer François Maret (Frans van Ermengem).



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Description	Italian painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	12 July 1884	24 January 1920
Location of birth/death	Livorno	Paris
Work period	1907–1920
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q120993 VIAF: 17232808 ISNI: 0000 0001 2276 9863 ULAN: 500026509 LCCN: n79059541 NLA: 35357248 WorldCat