Paul Kenis
Writer
Intro | Writer | |
Places | Belgium | |
was | Poet Writer | |
Work field | Literature | |
Gender |
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Birth | 11 July 1885 | |
Death | 28 July 1934 (aged 49 years) | |
Star sign | Cancer |
Paul Kenis (11 July 1885 in Bocholt – 28 July 1934 in Brussels) was a Flemish writer.
He attended high school in Turnhout and in Ghent and studied Germanic languages at the University of Ghent.
After he had done some historical research in libraries in Paris, he started working at the ministry of Finances in Brussels. He founded and edited the illustrated magazines De Boomgaard (E:the orchard) and Het Roode Zeil (E:the red sail), mad contributions to Elsevier, Groot-Nederland, De Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, and was secretary of the Vereniging van Vlaamse Letterkundigen (E: Association of Flemish Writers).