Frans Verschoren

Frans Verschoren (5 March 1874 – 5 December 1951) was a Flemish writer.

Frans Verschoren
Frans Verschoren
Born	(1874-03-05)5 March 1874 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Antwerp, Belgium
Died	5 December 1951(1951-12-05) (aged 77) Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Writer, translator, teacher
Language	Flemish
Nationality	Belgian
Years active	1909–1947

Biography

He was born in Sint-Katelijne-Waver in 1874.^[1] After his studies at the normal school, he became a teacher in Lier and in Turnhout. In Lier he had Felix Timmermans as a pupil.^[2] He then also became director of the Walcourt and later Boom state secondary schools. He was the author in particular of tales for young people.^[1] He died in Westmalle, Belgium, in 1951.^[3]

Bibliography

• Dompelaars (1909)
• Uit het Nethedal (1909)
• Jeugd (1910)
• Zonnig leven (1912)
• Langs kleine wegen (1912)
• Het gemartelde Lier. De eerste oorlogsjaren in het land van Sint-Gommarus (1919)
• Vlaamsche humor (1922)
• Onnozele kinderdag (1927)
• De dijkgravin (by Marie Gevers, translated from French, 1934)
• Tony Bergmann (1936)
• Verzoening (by Marie Gevers, translated from French, 1942)
• Armantje (by Hermann Claudius, translated from German, 1943)
• Sooike's jeugd (1944)
• Sam in Engeland (by C. Dowman, retold from English, 1946)
• Grijze dagen
• Maandag vieren
• Nonkel Sooi
• Novellen voor de jeugd (together with other authors)
• Van den roover Eyserentant
• Van een jongen die geluk had

References

1. Pissens, Désiré (1925). Vlaamsche weelde - een keus van zestig koppen uit onze letterkunde (in Dutch). Drukkerij Erasmus. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
2. Vercammen, Louis (1971). Felix Timmermans - de mens - het werk. Heideland-Orbis. p. 32. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
3. Spiegel der Letteren - Volumes 28-29. De Sikkel. 1986. p. 259. Retrieved 15 January 2022.