E. du Perron
E. du Perron | |
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Du Perron in 1939 | |
| Born | Charles Edgar du Perron 2 November 1899 Meester Cornelis, Dutch East Indies |
| Died | 14 May 1940 (aged 40) Bergen, Netherlands |
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| Nationality | Dutch |
| Genre | Novel, poetry, essay |
| Literary movement | Literary modernism |
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Charles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E. du Perron, was a Dutch poet and author. He is best known for his literary acclaimed masterpiece Land van herkomst (Country of origin) of 1935. Together with Menno ter Braak and Maurice Roelants he founded the short-lived but influential literary magazine Forum in 1932.