Willem Elsschot
b. Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder
CountryBelgium
LanguagesDutch
Dates1882 — 1960
modern europe
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot. One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1933) is the most translated Flemish-language novel of all time.— Wikipedia