Edgar du Perron
Poet, Author
1899 – 1940
Who was Edgar du Perron?
Charles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E. du Perron, was a famous and influential Dutch poet and author of Indo-European descent. Best known for his literary acclaimed master piece ‘Land van herkomst’ of 1935. Together with Menno ter Braak and Maurice Roelants he founded the short-lived, but influential literary magazine Forum in 1932.
E. du Perron, born in Meester Cornelis, Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies on 2 November 1899, and died in Bergen, North Holland, the Netherlands on 14 May 1940, descended from French aristocracy. Most probably his bloodline can be traced back to the legendary Jean Roch du Perron.
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- Born
- Nov 2, 1899
Jakarta - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Jakarta
- Died
- May 14, 1940
Bergen
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on July 23, 2013
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