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André Baillon
André-Émile-Louis Baillon (27 April 1875 – 10 April 1932) was a Belgian novelist and short-story writer, who wrote in French language, French. Much of his work is autobiographical in origin. Biography André Baillon was born on 27 April 1875 in Antwerp to a bourgeois family. His father, Joseph-Chrétien Baillon, a successful businessman in the construction industry, died shortly after his birth, and his mother, Julie-Isabelle (''née'' Van Bellinghen) also died when he was a young child, leaving André to be brought up in Termonde by an aunt on his father's side. He had an elder brother Julien who became a lawyer. André Baillon received a Roman Catholic education, attending the Collège Saint Joseph in Turnhout. He attended the École Polytechnique de Louvain from 1893. He moved to Brussels, where he started to write and publish in Belgian periodicals, but began to gambling, gamble and became troubled by suicidal ideation. His first marriage in 1902 to Marie Vandenberghe, a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French language, French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek language, Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Andrei, Andrey * Breton language, Breton : Andrev ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |