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E. du Perron

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E. du Perron


Born
in Meester Cornelis (Jatinegara, Jakarta), Indonesia
November 02, 1899

Died
May 14, 1940

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry


Charles Edgar du Perron (1899–1940) was an influential Dutch literary critic, novelist and poet of Indo-European descent. He is best known for his acclaimed modernist masterpiece Land van herkomst (Land of origin, 1935). Together with Menno ter Braak and Maurice Roelants he founded the short-lived but influential literary magazine Forum in 1932.

Du Perron came from a noble family that had been based in the Dutch East Indies for generations. He grew up on Java and moved to Europe after the First World War, where he lived in Paris and Brussels. In 1922, Du Perron moved to Montmartre where he led a bohemian life and became acquainted with painters and writers of that time. His first book, Manuscrit trouvé dans une poche (1923), was published in ...more

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Average rating: 3.44 · 245 ratings · 40 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
Het land van herkomst
3.44 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1935 — 18 editions
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Parlando, verzamelde gedichten
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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Blijf tot uw laatste grom mij...
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Manuscrit trouvé dans une p...
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1923 — 3 editions
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Schandaal in Holland
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1939 — 3 editions
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Cahiers van een lezer (#1)
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De Man van Lebak
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Agath. Een sonnettenkrans
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1925
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De smalle mens
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“Er is een „art pour l'art", volstrekt zo bedoeld, die achteraf beschouwd nooit anders dan een poging tot kunst is geweest, terwijl een andere, als tendenz bedoeld, kunst kan zijn van begin tot eind.”
― E. du Perron, Uren met Dirk Coster: een tegenstem
tags: l-art-pour-l-art
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“De machine is niet bestreden, maar opgenomen, met een ereplaats, in de komende maatschappij: om de machine nog te beheersen, zal de mens van zichzelf een machine maken, maar hij doet het met trots, en hij noemt dát 'de menselijke waardigheid”
― E. du Perron, De smalle mens
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“Couperus blijft vrijwel de enige die erin geslaagd is om specifiek-Hollandse verhaalkunst te geven op „Europees peil" (De Boeken der Kleine Zielen, Van Oude Menschen, de Dingen die voorbijgaan); men zou nog Van Looy kunnen noemen en Van Schendel's Fregatschip Johanna Maria.”
― E. du Perron, Uren met Dirk Coster: een tegenstem
tags: dutch, dutch-literature, louis-couperus
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