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Ernest Claes

Belgian writer (1885-1968)
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Ernest Claes
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Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[18]
Date of birth
October 24, 1885, October 2, 1885[10]
Date of death
September 2, 1968, October 2, 1968[11]
Place of birth
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Zichem[9]
Place of death
Ixelles
Country of citizenship
Belgium[14]
Occupation
writer, politician, journalist, local government official
Notable work
De Witte[16]
Spouse
Stephanie Vetter[13]
Nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch[30]
Archives at
Letterenhuis[19]
Birth name
Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes[31]
Described by source
Literair Gent[28]
Family name
Claes[20]
Given name
Ernest, Andreas, Ernestus, Josephus[21][22][23][24]
Maintained by WikiProject
Wikiproject Literair Gent[32]
Member of
Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde[17]
Native language
Dutch[15]
P14585
69925
Place of burial
Averbode Abbey[12]
Pseudonym
G. van Hasselt, E. van Cleef, Vanhasselt[25][26][27]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 61
ISNI
0000000109135161
VIAF cluster ID
71399529
Library of Congress authority ID
n79123497
GND ID
119052016
ADVN ID
per-001958
AbART person ID
105825
BIBSYS ID
90712933
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11930334m
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
claes-ernest-andre-josef
CBDB.cz author ID
35767
CONOR.SI ID
108598883
CiNii Research ID
1140563741769059328
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DBNL author ID
clae004
DDB person (GND) ID
119052016
Databazeknih.cz author ID
21333
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119052016
Discogs artist ID
3701762
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
101251
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ernest-Claes
FAST ID
44681
Find a Grave memorial ID
194744336
Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme)
1879265
Freebase ID
/m/098y2r
GTAA ID
89539
GeneaStar person ID
claesa
Geni.com profile ID
6000000176049635931
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ernst-claes
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0018010
IMDb ID
nm0163119
IdRef ID
031484409
KANTL member ID
claes-ernest
KBR person ID
14105971
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119052016
Kallías ID
PE00202388
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID
362 BC
LibraryThing author ID
claesernest
MusicBrainz artist ID
a3ab1d34-2cdb-4b0c-95e3-ff9bc0dc4a24
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05258051
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000601168
NSK (VIAF) ID
000168730
NSK ID
981005783036609366
NUKAT ID
n2004095541
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000222477
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007298452705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000143155
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810628467305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068377975
Nobel Prize People Nomination ID
12423
ODIS ID
PS_9958
Obálky knih ID
jn20000601168
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3886926
Open Library ID
OL150583A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003108658
SVKKL authority ID
p0103644-Claes-Ernest-18851968
TMDB person ID
1284524
TheaterEncyclopedie ID
01944072-b140-7279-b5df-5511ce4e6136
Treccani ID
ernest-claes
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
ernest-andre-josef-claes
WeChangEd ID
wcd_00033_id
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbxGbtkkBrxq9KCJTvvHC
Yale LUX ID
person/514ecd24-7d75-4447-a913-acd3c046b91d

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🔗 Connections
Given name 2
Andreas, Ernest
Occupation 2
writer, politician
Place of birth 2
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Zichem
Archives at 1
Letterenhuis
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Instance of 1
human
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID 1
362 BC
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Dutch
Member of 1
Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde
Native language 1
Dutch
Nominated for 1
Nobel Prize in Literature
Place of burial 1
Averbode Abbey
Place of death 1
Ixelles
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ernest Claes was born on October 24, 1885[1], in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem[2]. He died on September 2, 1968[3], in Ixelles[4]. He worked as a writer[5], politician[6], journalist[7], and local government official[8].

FAQs

Where was Ernest Claes born?

Ernest Claes's place of birth was Scherpenheuvel-Zichem[2].

Where did Ernest Claes die?

Ernest Claes passed away in Ixelles[4].

Who was Ernest Claes married to?

Ernest Claes's spouses include Stephanie Vetter[13].

What did Ernest Claes do for work?

Ernest Claes worked as a writer[5], politician[6], journalist[7], and local government official[8].

Related Entities

Belgium

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . archiefbank.be. archiefbank.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . ODIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . nobelprize.org. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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