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Marcellus Emants
AuthorBooks · Second hand1848-1923
Marcellus Emants was a Dutch novelist whose work is considered one of the few examples of Dutch Naturalism. His writing is seen as a first step towards the renewing force of the Tachtigers towards modern Dutch literature, a movement which started around the 1880s. His most well-known work is A Posthumous Confession, published in 1894, translated by J. M. Coetzee.
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About Marcellus Emants
Birth
1848
Death
1923
Marcellus Emants was a Dutch novelist whose work is considered one of the few examples of Dutch Naturalism. His writing is seen as a first step towards the renewing force of the Tachtigers towards modern Dutch literature, a movement which started around the 1880s. His most well-known work is A Posthumous Confession, published in 1894, translated by J. M. Coetzee.
Marcellus Emants was a key figure of naturalism in Dutch literature.
Although he studied law to please his father, his true passion always lay in the arts.
Before committing to writing, he struggled to choose between music, drawing, and theater.
He was a forerunner of the influential literary movement known as the Tachtigers.
His most famous work is the novel Een nagelaten bekentenis, published in 1894.
