Felix Timmermans

Felix Timmermans was born in Lier on 5 July 1886, the thirteenth child of a lace merchant. He left school at fifteen for drawing classes, and illustrated most of his books himself. A Flemish activist during the First World War, he took refuge in the Netherlands to escape prosecution and returned in 1920. In 1942 he received the Rembrandt Prize of the University of Hamburg; accused of cultural collaboration after the Liberation, he was not prosecuted. He died in Lier on 24 January 1947.

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• NovelPallieterFelix Timmermans · 1916LiteraturePublic domain