Jan Ferguut
Flemish poet and writer
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| Intro | Flemish poet and writer | |
| Places | Belgium | |
| was | Poet Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 17 January 1835 | |
| Death | 27 May 1902Schaerbeek (aged 67 years) |
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Jan Amandus Van Droogenbroeck (Sint-Amands, 17 January 1835 - Schaarbeek, 27 May 1902), pseudonym Jan Ferguut, was a Flemish poet and writer. He was a teacher and a civil servant.
He was a pupil of Jan Van Beers at the Normaalschool in Lier, and a follower of Johan Michiel Dautzenberg. Jan Van Droogenbroeck contributed to the magazines De Toekomst, Noord en Zuid, and Het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift.