Editing Willem Elsschot (section)

{{Short description|Flemish writer}}
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| name             = Willem Elsschot
| image            = WillemElsschot1920.jpg
| alt              = Black-and-white portrait of a man with dark hair and moustache wearing a dark jacket, light shirt, and dark tie
| caption          = Elsschot in c. 1920
| pseudonym        = Willem Elsschot
| birth_name       = Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1882|05|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Antwerp]], Belgium
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1960|05|31|1882|05|07|df=yes}}
| death_place      = Antwerp, Belgium
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| occupation       = Poet, writer
| language         = Dutch
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| awards           = [[Constantijn Huygens Prize]] <small>(1951)</small>
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'''Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder''' (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the [[pseudonym]] '''Willem Elsschot''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋɪləm ˈɛlsxɔt|pron}}). One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, ''[[Cheese (novel)|Cheese]]'' (1933) is the most translated Flemish-language novel of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-25|title=Did you know that Willem Elsschot once lived in Brussels?|url=https://focusonbelgium.be/en/facts/did-you-know-willem-elsschot-once-lived-brussels|access-date=2021-11-01|website=Focus on Belgium|language=en}}</ref>