Timmermans, Felix
Felix Timmermans (fā´lĬks tĬm´ərmäns), 1886–1947, Flemish novelist. Among his most successful works are Pallieter (1916, tr. 1924), the story of a lusty Fleming of gigantic appetites, and Pieter Brueghel (1928, tr. Droll Peter, 1930), a novel about the elder Pieter Bruegel.
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DIED: 1882, Harting, Sussex, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Drama, fiction
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