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Jan Renier Snieders (22 November 1812 in
Bladel Bladel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, Southern Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 20,175. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topogr ...
– 9 April 1888 in
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), a brother of
August Snieders August Snieders (Bladel, 8 May 1825 – Brussels, 19 November 1904) was a Flemish journalist and writer. He started his career in 's-Hertogenbosch, but later moved to Antwerp. In 1845, he became editor of the newspaper ''Het Handelsblad'', of whi ...
, was a Belgian writer. He studied medicine in
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, and in 1838 he settled as a physician in Turnhout, where he did much to promote literature. For that purpose he founded the society ''De Dageraad''. In 1912, the ''Hofstraat'' in Turnhout was renamed to ''Renier Sniedersstraat''.


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* Het kind met den helm (1852) * De meesterknecht (1855) * Doctor Marcus (1858) * De lelie van het gehucht (1860) * Narda (1869) * De geuzen in de Kempen (1875) * Zonder God (1885)


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Flemish literature Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Until the early 19th century, this literature was regarded as an integral part of Dutch literature. After B ...


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Jan Renier Snieders
(Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Snieders, Jan Renier 1812 births 1888 deaths Belgian writers People from Turnhout