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Also known as Louis Marie-Anne Couperus, L.M.A. Couperus

Dutch novelist and poet (1863–1923)

OverviewAI-generated

Louis Couperus was a male author born on 10 June 1863 and died on 16 July 1923. He is associated with a body of work that includes titles such as *Wreede portretten*, *Schimmen van glans*, *De tooveressen*, *Legende, mythe en fantazie*, and *Heliogabal*. Open Library records indicate he has 190 works, while Crossref lists five works.

In the music domain, a separate entry for Louis Couperus identifies a person from the United States. This artist is associated with genres including 2008 universal fire victim, dixieland, easy listening, gospel, and jazz. The entry notes 72 listeners and a playcount of 1,960.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
10 June 1863
Died
16 July 1923
Works
190

Top works

  • Wreede portretten
  • Schimmen van glans
  • De tooveressen
  • Legende, mythe en fantazie
  • Heliogabal

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1901-08-04
Active to
1971-07-06
2008 universal fire victimdixielandeasy listeninggospeljazzpop

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
72
Total plays
1,960

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Louis+Couperus">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Louis Couperus

Key facts

Born
Louis Marie-Anne Couperus , ( 1863-06-10 ) 10 June 1863, The Hague , Netherlands
Died
16 July 1923 (1923-07-16) (aged 60), De Steeg , Netherlands
Occupation
Novelist
Years active
1878–1923

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Marie
Gender
male
Place of death
Rheden
Languages spoken
Dutch
Native language
Dutch
Official website
www.louiscouperus.nl
Image
CouperusGoldsmid.jpg
Work location
Amsterdam
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Commons category
Louis Couperus
date of birth
1863-01-01
date of death
1923-01-01
Commons gallery
Louis Couperus
cause of death
sepsis
manner of death
natural causes
name in kana
ルイ・クペールス
writing language
Dutch
has works in the collection
Drents Museum
place of burial
Oud Eik en Duinen
Sources (9)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Louis Marie Anne Couperus (10 June 1863 – 16 July 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. Couperus is considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. In 1923, he was awarded the Tollensprijs (Tollens Prize).

Couperus and his wife travelled extensively in Europe and Asia, and he later wrote several related travelogues which were published weekly.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louis Couperus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.