E. du Perron

E. du Perron
Photographic portrait of E. du Perron by Emiel van Moerkerken (1939)
Du Perron in 1939
BornCharles Edgar du Perron
(1899-11-02)2 November 1899
Meester Cornelis, Dutch East Indies
Died14 May 1940(1940-05-14) (aged 40)
Bergen, Netherlands
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
  • essayist
  • critic
NationalityDutch
GenreNovel, poetry, essay
Literary movementLiterary modernism
Notable works

Charles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E. du Perron, was a Dutch poet and author.[1] He is best known for his literary acclaimed masterpiece Land van herkomst (Country of origin) of 1935. Together with Menno ter Braak and Maurice Roelants he founded the short-lived but influential literary magazine Forum in 1932.

  1. ^ Pattyname, Pamela (2012). "Cultural Memory and Indo-Dutch Identity Formations". In Bosma, Ulbe (ed.). Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 175–92. ISBN 9789089644541.