Prudens van Duyse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Prudens van Duyse

writer

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1804

Place of Birth: Dendermonde, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1859

Profession: poet, archivist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Prudentius van Duyse or Prudens van Duyse (Dendermonde, 17 September 1804 – Ghent, 13 November 1859) was a Flemish writer.
He started his career a clerk of a notary, but afterwards studied law at the University of Ghent, where he graduated in 1832.
In 1836, he became the archivist of the city of Ghent.
He was a co-founder of the organization De tael is gansch het volk (E: language is the entire people) and was one of the pioneers of the Flemish movement.
At the beginning of his literary career, he wrote so-called national poetry, but his actual debut was with the poem Lofdicht op de Nederlandsche taal, which he wrote in 1829.
He published his best poems in Het klaverblad (1848) and in Nazomer (1859).