Isidoor Teirlinck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian writer
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Place of Birth: Zegelsem, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Isidoor Teirlinck
- Isidoor Teirlinck (Zegelsem, 2 January 1851 - Vorst-Brussels, 27 June 1934) was a Belgian writer.
- He is best known for his work on folklore. Isidoor Teirlinck went to school in Lier.
- He married with Oda van Nieuwenhove and he was the father of the writer Herman Teirlinck.
- He became a teacher and taught in Serskamp, Drogenbos, Sint-Joost-ten-Node, and from 1875 onwards, he was teacher in mathematics and physics in Brussels.
- He wrote several books, together with his brother-in-law Reimond Stijns, as Teirlinck-Stijns.
- Their most famous novel was Arm Vlaanderen (E: Poor Flanders), which they published in 1884.
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