Willem Elsschot
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Willem Elsschot (7 May 1882 - 31 May 1960), was a Flemish writer and poet (pseudonym of Alfons-Jozef De Ridder). Few of his works have been translated into English.
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- Villa des Roses (1913; translated in 1992 by Paul Vincent [ISBN 1-86207-616-2])
- Een ontgoocheling ("A Disappointment", 1921)
- De verlossing ("Deliverance", 1921)
- Lijmen (1924, translated as "Soft Soap" and collected in Three Novels, 1965)
- Kaas ("Cheese", 1933, translated in 2002 by Paul Vincent [ISBN 1-86207-481-X] - Review)
- Tsjip (1934)
- Verzen van vroeger ("Poems from the Past", 1934)
- Pensioen ("Pension", 1937)
- Het been (1938, translated as "The Leg" and collected in Three Novels)
- De leeuwentemmer ("The Lion Tamer", 1940)
- Het tankschip ("The Mammoth Tanker", 1942)
- Het dwaallicht (1946, short story, translated as "Will o' the Wisp" and collected in Three Novels)
- Verzameld werk ("Collected works", 1957)
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