About Paul Kenis
Lived 1885 – 1934 (aged 49). Paul Kenis was a Belgian poet and writer.
Paul Kenis (11 July 1885 in Bocholt – 28 July 1934 in Brussels) was a Flemish writer.
Education He attended high school in Turnhout and in Ghent and studied Germanic languages at the University of Ghent.
Career 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).
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Who was Paul Kenis?
writer (1885–1934)
When was Paul Kenis born?
Paul Kenis was born on 11 July 1885.
When did Paul Kenis die?
Paul Kenis died on 28 July 1934 in Etterbeek.
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Paul Kenis was a poet and writer.
What nationality was Paul Kenis?
Paul Kenis was Belgian.
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